Patent ID: 7039106
Filing Date: 2006-05-02
Classification: H03M

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving electronically an original string of bits, each of the bits representing a first logical level or a second logical level, the original string of bits carrying information, the original string of bits including one or more relatively longer blocks of bits having the first logical level and one or more relatively shorter blocks of bits having the first logical level; segregating the blocks into two groups, a first group having said one or more of the relatively longer blocks of bits of the original string, a second group having said one or more of the relatively shorter blocks of bits of the original string; and forming a compressed string based on the two groups, the compressed string being derived from a new string that is longer than the original string, the new string carrying all of the information and including fewer bits of one of the logical levels than were included in the original string.