Patent ID: 8184719

Claim:
A water ring decoding method of processing a data string comprising the step of: decoding the data string into a restored data set, wherein the data string corresponding to the portion of an initial data set, the restored data set organized into RC (Row Column) addresses, a group of the RC addresses (RC group) of the restored data set being designated to correspond to a restored origin, the restored origin enveloped by a plurality of nested restored environs successively surrounding each other, each nested restored environ corresponding to a family of RC groups of the restored data set, wherein the decoding comprises writing the data string into the restored data set by starting at the RC group corresponding to the restored origin (restored water ring ( 0 )) and by sequentially progressing outwardly from the family of RC groups corresponding to the nearest nested restored environ (restored water ring ( 1 )) towards the family of RC groups corresponding to a furthest nested restored environ (restored water ring (n)).