Patent ID: 9716515
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: H03M

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method for modifying a digital data stream, the method comprising: segmenting, based on a certain block grid, the digital data stream, each block of the block grid comprising a fixed number of bits, the data stream comprising immediately consecutive code words of different length; determining whether all bits of a last block associated with the digital data stream are occupied by data of the digital data stream; based on determining that not all bits of the last block are occupied, padding the unoccupied bits of said last block with bits of a truncated end-of-record (EOR) indicator, the size of the truncated EOR varying based on the number of unoccupied bits of said last block; and based on determining that all bits of the last block are occupied, skip attaching a truncated EOR indicator to the digital data stream.