Method and system for providing a unified data exchange and storage format

• US 20030061241A1
• Filed: 09/27/2001
• Published: 03/27/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: McGrath, Gary G.
• Granted Patent: US 7,089,257 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/200
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/25 Integrating or interfacing systems involving database management systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0061 Error detection codes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/413 with random access, e.g. carrier-sense multiple-access with collision detection [CSMA-CD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99943 Generating database or data structure, e.g. via user interface

Abstract

A method and system is presented that provides for a unified format for both data exchange and data storage protocols in a network. The unified data format provides for an efficient protocol for receiving, parsing, decoding, and storing varying sizes of real-time data.

Claims

1. An apparatus for exchanging data in a network, comprising:

a receiver configured to receive data from a data producer over a network connection; and

a transmitter configured to send the data to a storage unit,

wherein the data received over the network connection and the data stored in the storage unit have the same format.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the data includes a records section.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the data includes a header section, a records section, and a tail section.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 wherein a record in the records section includes a record header, a record body, and a record tail.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the network includes a wireless network.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the network includes an optical network.

7. A method for formatting data in a network, comprising:

providing a header section for the data;

providing a records section for the data; and

providing a tail section for the data,

such that the data is applicable for both data exchange and data storage.

8. The method of claim 7 further providing for a record in the records section a record header, a record body, and a record tail.

9. The method of claim 7 further providing information identifying a format for the data.

10. The method of claim 7 further providing information identifying a version for the data.

11. The method of claim 7 further providing information identifying a record-format type.

12. The method of claim 7 further providing information identifying a record-format version.

13. The method of claim 7 further providing information identifying an option for the data.

14. The method of claim 7 further providing information identifying the end of the data.

15. The method of claim 7 further providing information identifying a size for the records section.

16. The method of claim 7 further providing information identifying the first record in the records section.

17. The method of claim 7 further providing information identifying the last record in the records section.

18. The method of claim 7 further providing information identifying the end of the header section.

19. The method of claim 7 further providing information about CRC.

20. The method of claim 7 further providing information identifying a size of a record in the records section.

21. The method of claim 7 further providing a size of a record in the records section.

22. The method of claim 7 further providing information identifying a format for a record in the records section.

23. The method of claim 7 further providing information identifying a size of a record type in the records section.

24. The method of claim 23 further providing a record type of a record in the records section.

25. The method of claim 7 further providing information identifying a format for the data.

26. The method of claim 7 further providing a time stamp for the data.

27. The method of claim 7 further providing information identifying a source of the data subsystem in the network.

28. The method of claim 7 further providing information identifying a target for the data access terminal in the network.

29. The method of claim 7 further providing information identifying a sector in a subsystem in the network.

30. The method of claim 7 further providing information identifying CRC for a record in the records section.

31. The method of claim 7 further providing information identifying the end of a record in the records section.

32. An apparatus for formatting a data in a network, comprising:

means for providing a header section;

means for providing a records section; and

means for providing a tail section,

such that the data is applicable for both data exchange and data storage.

33. A computer readable medium embodying a method for formatting a data in a network, the method comprising:

providing a header section;

providing a records section; and

providing a tail section,

such that the data is applicable for both data exchange and data storage.

34. An apparatus for formatting a data in a network, comprising:

a memory unit;

a digital signal processor (DSP) unit communicatively coupled to the memory unit, the DSP unit being capable of;

providing a header section;

providing a records section; and

providing a tail section,

such that the data is applicable for both data exchange and data storage.

35. A method for processing data in a network including a data client and a data manager, comprising:

receiving, at the data client, a data from the data manager over a network connection; and

storing the data in a storage unit,

wherein the data received over the network connection and the data stored in the storage unit have the same format.

36. A computer readable medium embodying a method for processing data in a network including a data client and a data manager, the method comprising:

receiving, at the data client, a data from the data manager over a network connection; and

storing the data in a storage unit,

wherein the data received over the network connection and the data stored in the storage unit have the same format.

37. An apparatus for processing data in a network of data processing systems including a data client and a data manager, comprising:

means for receiving, at the data client, a data from the data manager over a network connection; and

means for storing the data in a storage unit,

wherein the data received over the network connection and the data stored in the storage unit have the same format.

38. An apparatus for processing data in a network including a data client and a data manager, comprising:

a memory unit; and

a digital signal processor (DSP) unit communicatively coupled to the memory unit, the DSP unit being capable of;

receiving, at the data client, a data from the data manager over a network connection; and

storing the data in a storage unit,

wherein the data received over the network connection and the data stored in the storage unit have the same format.

39. A data structure for formatting data in a network, the data structure comprising:

a header section for the data;

a records section for the data; and

a tail section for the data,

such that the data is applicable for both data exchange and data storage.

40. The data structure of claim 39 further including a record header, a record body, and a record tail for the records section.