Patent ID: 6219716
Filing Date: 2001-04-17
Classification: H03M,Y10S

Abstract:
A data transfer system functioning in bidirectional flow of data for compressing data and transferring the compressed data between a plurality of apparatus, said system comprising:dividing means for dividing data into a plurality of divided groups of data;compressing means for concurrently compressing the plurality of divided groups of data;transferring means for transferring the compressed plurality of divided groups of data from a selected one apparatus to a selected other apparatus, wherein each of the compressed plurality of divided groups of data includes an identifier, each identifier uniquely identifying a particular group of data in the transferred compressed plurality of divided groups of data;distributing means for distributing the compressed plurality of divided groups of data and the identifiers which have been transferred, said distributing is based on said identifiers; andexpanding means for concurrently expanding the compressed plurality of divided groups of data which have been transferred from the selected other apparatus to the selected one apparatus.