Abstract: A method of searching a token stream for at least one predetermined token and a search circuit for performing the method. The token stream is read and an access address is formed using an accessed token read from stream. A memory is read using the access address, the memory having hit data stored therein at a location corresponding to the predetermined token. The reading steps are then repeated until the data is read indicating that the predetermined token has been found in the stream.
Abstract: A method of compressing text by allocating word tokens to each unique word and phrase tokens to adjacent word tokens, to adjacent phrase tokens or adjacent phrase and word tokens, which occur in the text at least three times and changing the binary character code representation of the text so that the text is represented by phrase and word tokens. A data processing system for decompressing and displaying the compressed text.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 14, 1990
Date of Patent:
December 20, 1994
Assignee:
Megaword International Pty. Ltd.
Inventors:
John D. Moore, Peter G. Swain, Roger B. Purchell, John Hilton