Patent ID: RE43558

Claim:
A data optimization engine for optimizing selected frames of a first stream of data, comprising: a transmit interface circuit coupled to an optimization processor, said transmit interface circuit being configured for receiving said first stream of data, said transmit interface circuit includes a traffic controller circuit for separating frames in said first stream of data into a first optimizable frame and a first non-optimizable frame, and an optimization front-end circuit coupled to said traffic controller circuit to receive at least a first portion of said first optimizable frame, said optimization front-end circuit including a protocol conversion circuit configured to convert data in said first portion of said first optimizable frame from a first protocol to a second protocol suitable for processing by said optimization processor, said first protocol specifies a first word length, said second protocol specifies a second word length different from said first word length, said optimization front-end circuit further includes an end-of-optimization-file processing circuit, said end-of-optimization-file processing circuit flagging an end of said first portion of said first optimizable frame to said optimization processor, wherein said optimization processor is configured to optimize said first portion of said first optimizable frame by performing at least one of compression and encryption on said first portion of said first optimizable frame.