Data recovery scheme
First Claim
1. A method for recovering and continuing data transmitted from a sending station to a receiving station when the transmission has been prematurely interrupted, the method comprising the steps of:
- a. providing an information signal in a data bit stream for identifying the beginning of a transmission and for identifying the duration of the transmission;
b. transmitting the data bit stream including the information signal from a sending system to a receiving system;
c. collecting and storing the bit stream comprising the transmitted data into a temporary buffer system of a predetermined capacity wherein the first bit in is the first bit out as buffer capacity is exceeded, and wherein the information signal is periodically repeated within said data bit stream, whereby the data can be recovered if lost or if the transmission is interrupted.
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Abstract
A method for configuring the data stream of an electronic transmission in order to minimize the amount of data lost due to the interruption of transmissions, incorporating the use of a buffer at the receiving station to collect data as it is received, and an "information packet" in combination with the typical "sync" signal to define what data is part of the transmitted data. The information packet defines, among other things, how much data preceeds and follows the sync signal. This permits the receiving system to look for lost data in both a forward and rearward direction in the transmission if it is interrupted, and to reconstruct the data, to minimize or even avoid a lost transmission.
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15 Claims
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1. A method for recovering and continuing data transmitted from a sending station to a receiving station when the transmission has been prematurely interrupted, the method comprising the steps of:
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a. providing an information signal in a data bit stream for identifying the beginning of a transmission and for identifying the duration of the transmission; b. transmitting the data bit stream including the information signal from a sending system to a receiving system; c. collecting and storing the bit stream comprising the transmitted data into a temporary buffer system of a predetermined capacity wherein the first bit in is the first bit out as buffer capacity is exceeded, and wherein the information signal is periodically repeated within said data bit stream, whereby the data can be recovered if lost or if the transmission is interrupted. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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