Patent ID: 8325188

Claim:
A computer implemented method of storing waveform data, comprising: using a computer system which comprises at least one processor and is programmed for performing: receiving waveform data; segmenting the waveform data into a plurality of segments; for at least one of the plurality of segments at a plurality of levels of resolution which comprise a level of higher resolution and a level of lower resolution, identifying or determining a first set of one or more segment data blocks and a second set of one or more segment data blocks which respectively provide a description or representation of a waveform display of the at least one of the plurality of segments at the level of lower resolution and at the level of higher resolution, wherein one of the first set and the second set is transmitted to a requester selected to represent or describe the waveform display of at least a part of the at least one of the one or more segments in response a request from the requester for the waveform display at a desired level of resolution without transmitting other data blocks of the waveform data that do not describe or represent the at least the part of the at least one of the one or more segment at the desired level of resolution to the requester, and both the first set and the second set are made available to represent or describe the waveform display of the at least a part of the at least one of the one or more segments at different levels of resolution; and storing the waveform data by storing the first set and the second set of one or more segment data blocks in a computer readable storage medium or a computer storage device.