Data processing: database and file management or data structures – Database design – Data structure types
Patent
1996-09-30
1999-01-26
Lintz, Paul R.
Data processing: database and file management or data structures
Database design
Data structure types
707100, 395888, 341 51, G06F 1730
Patent
active
058648607
ABSTRACT:
A system and method for compressing a data sequence having a plurality of records, where each record has a plurality of fields with each field being arranged to contain a data item. The system compares a data item in a current field of a current record with a data item of a corresponding field of a preceding record. If there is a match, the current data item is replaced by a token indicating the match.
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Cameron Douglas W.
International Business Machines - Corporation
Lintz Paul R.
Rones Charles L.
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