METHOD, APPARATUS, AND PRODUCT FOR TRANSMITTING MULTIBYTE CHARACTERS IN A NETWORK

• US 20010044852A1
• Filed: 06/04/1998
• Published: 11/22/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 06/04/1998
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle America, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sun Microsystems Incorporated (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: RADER, STUART TODD
• Granted Patent: US 6,370,581 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/236
• CPC Class Codes: H03M 7/40 Conversion to or from variable length codes, e.g. Shannon-Fano code, Huffman code, Morse code

Abstract

In accordance with the present invention a method and system for transmitting multibyte characters in a network comprises the steps, performed by a processor, of receiving a set of fixed-length characters; converting each fixed-length character into a multibyte character to determine a length corresponding to the multibyte characters; and transmitting the length and the multibyte characters.

Claims

1. A method for transmitting data in a network, comprising the steps, performed by a processor, of:

receiving a set of fixed-length characters;

converting each fixed-length character into a multibyte character to determine a length corresponding to the multibyte characters; and

transmitting the length and the multibyte characters.

2. The method of

claim 1

, wherein the step of converting comprises the steps of:

converting each fixed-length character into a multibyte character; and

determining a length corresponding to the multibyte characters

3. The method of

claim 2

, wherein the step of determining comprises the step of determining a length of the string of multibyte characters by converting the string to UTF-8 encoding format.

4. The method of

claim 1

, wherein the step of transmitting comprises the steps of:

converting each fixed-length character into a multibyte character; and

transmitting the length and the multibyte characters.

5. An apparatus for transmitting data in a network between a client and a server, comprising:

a receiver configured to receive a set of fixed-length characters;

a converter configured to convert each fixed-length character into a multibyte character to determine a length corresponding to the multibyte characters; and

a transmitter configured to transmit the length and the multibyte characters.

6. The apparatus of

claim 5

, wherein the converter comprises:

a converter configured to convert each fixed-length character into a multibyte character; and

a determining component configured to determine a length corresponding to the multibyte characters

7. The apparatus of

claim 6

, wherein the determining component configured to determine comprises a determining component configured to determine a length of the string of multibyte characters by converting the string to UTF-8 encoding format.

8. The apparatus of

claim 5

, wherein the transmitter configured to transmit comprises:

a converter configured to convert each fixed-length character into a multibyte character; and

a transmitter configured to transmit the length and the multibyte characters.

9. A computer program product comprising:

a computer-usable medium having computable readable code embodied therein for transmitting data in a network between a client and a server, the computer program product comprising the steps, performed by a processor, of;

receiving a set of fixed-length characters;

converting each fixed-length character to a multibyte character;

determining a length corresponding to the multibyte characters; and

transmitting the length and the multibyte characters.

10. The product of

claim 9

, wherein the step of converting comprises the steps of:

converting each fixed-length character to a multibyte character; and

determining a length corresponding to the multibyte characters.

11. The product of

claim 10

, wherein the step of determining comprises the step of determining a length of the string of multibyte characters by converting the string to UTF-8 encoding format.

12. The product of

claim 9

, wherein the step of transmitting comprises the steps of:

converting each fixed-length character into a multibyte character; and

transmitting the length and the multibyte characters.

13. A system for transmitting data in a network comprising:

means for receiving a set of fixed-length characters;

means for converting each fixed-length character into a multibyte character to determine a length corresponding to the multibyte characters; and

means for transmitting the length and the multibyte characters.

14. The system of

claim 13

, wherein the means for converting comprises:

means for converting each fixed-length character into a multibyte character; and

means for determining a length corresponding to the multibyte characters;

15. The system of

claim 14

, wherein the means for determining comprises a means for determining a length of the string of multibyte characters by converting the string to UTF-8 encoding format.

16. The system of

claim 13

, wherein the means for transmitting comprises:

means for converting each fixed-length character into a multibyte character; and

means for transmitting the length and the multibyte characters.