Patent ID: 7912881
Filing Date: 2011-03-22
Classification: H03M

Abstract:
1. A method for transmitting a value of a parameter in a compressed form, the method comprising the steps of: accepting successive numbers representing the value of the parameter; manipulating each of the successive numbers, the manipulation comprising the steps of placing the number in a form comprising a mantissa and an exponent, and defining a transmission mantissa to be transmitted; transmitting to a receiver, the transmission mantissas only of the successive numbers; and receiving the transmission mantissas of the successive numbers at the receiver; maintaining a record, at the receiver, of a receiver variable, the receiver variable initially corresponding to the exponent of an initial number; formulating at the receiver, for each received transmission mantissa, a reconstructed number comprising at least the transmission mantissa and an exponent corresponding to the receiver variable; and altering the receiver variable in a first manner if the transmission mantissa of the current number fulfills a first criterion, or altering the receiver variable in a second manner if the transmission mantissa of the current number fulfills a second criterion.