Patent ID: 7259701

Claim:
A data processing method, comprising: receiving input data; and at least one of: when said input data comprises original data to be compressed, converting the received input data into a lossy data format wherein original data is approximated, at least partially, as at least one of: one or more extensible motifs, each said extensible motif having at least one don't-care character enclosed on a left side by at least one non-don't-care character and on a right side by at least one non-don't-care character; and one or more dictionary terms, each said dictionary term respectively comprising a symbol that represents at least one of said extensible motifs; and when said input data comprises data that is original data that was previously compressed into said lossy data format, said input data thereby being data to be decompressed, converting the received input data into a format that approximates the original data as a concatenation of only extensible motifs and any original data not converted into said extensible motifs.