Patent ID: 8180982

Claim:
A system for archiving data, comprising: a data compartment comprising one or more data compartment entries, each data compartment entry comprising a measured value from a sensor; a page compartment operable to store: a first page compartment entry, the first page compartment entry further comprising a first timestamp of a first measured value and a first pointer to the first measured value stored in a first data compartment entry; and a second page compartment entry, the second page compartment entry further comprising a second timestamp of a second measured value and a second pointer, wherein: the second pointer links the second timestamp in the second page compartment entry with the first measured value stored in the first data compartment entry if the second measured value is the same as the first measured value; and the second pointer links the second timestamp in the second page compartment entry with the second measured value stored in a second data compartment entry if the second measured value is not the same as the first measured value; and a header compartment associated with the sensor, the header compartment comprising one or more pieces of static information.