Patent ID: 6118899
Filing Date: 2000-09-12
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
A method for decoding an encoded glyph pattern string in a distributed process system, the encoded glyph pattern string including a plurality of glyphs, the method comprising:(a) receiving the encoded glyph pattern string; and(b) decoding the encoded glyph pattern string, the encoded glyph pattern string comprising:(i) a first glyph identifier comprising the glyph, a chunk parameter, a unique handle assigned to a glyph in the encoded glyph pattern string, and a unique subcache handle assigned to the glyph in the encoded glyph pattern string upon a first occurrence of the glyph in the encoded glyph pattern string, the chunk parameter indicating the number of bytes required to store the glyph;(ii) a second glyph identifier comprising the handle assigned to the glyph, a chunk parameter, and the subcache handle assigned to the glyph when the glyph has previously occurred in the encoded glyph pattern string and the assigned handle is not one of a predetermined number of handles stored in a cache memory, the chunk parameter indicating the number of bytes required to store the glyph; and(iii) a third glyph identifier comprising the subcache handle assigned to the glyph, and a chunk parameter, when the glyph has previously occurred in the encoded glyph pattern string and the assigned handle is one of a predetermined number of handles stored in a cache memory, the chunk parameter indicating the number of bytes required to store the glyph.