| | [8] What about patents on data compression algorithms? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) |
 | | 4,682,150 Data compression method and apparatus inventors Mathes and Protheroe, assignee NCR Corporation, Dayton OH A system and apparatus for compressing redundant and nonredundant binary data generated as part of an operation of a time and attendance terminal in which the data represents the time an employee is present during working hours. |
 | | In the method and apparatus for compressing a stream of data symbols, a fixed length search window, comprising a predetermined contiguous portion of the symbol stream, is selected as the string to be searched by the string searcher. |
 | | If a string to be compressed is found in the symbol stream, a code is output designating the location within the search window of the matching string and the length of the matching string. |
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