Method of transmitting data including a structured linear database

• US 6,976,034 B1
• Filed: 06/23/2003
• Issued: 12/13/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 10/28/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Lightwaves Systems, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Lightwaves Systems, Inc.
• Inventors: Baych, Leslie D., Melick, Bruce D., Snyder, David M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Mofiz, Apu M.
• Application Number:
  US10/602,125
• Time in Patent Office: 904 Days
• Field of Search: 707/3, 707/10, 707/100, 707/104.1, 709/231, 709/236, 370/470, 370/472, 370/428, 375/369, 360/39, 360/40, 342/202
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/211 Schema design and management
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/7163 using impulse radio
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/66 Arrangements for connecting between networks having differing types of switching systems, e.g. gateways
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 25/4902 Pulse width modulation; Pulse position modulation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/1469 using time-sharing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99943 Generating database or data structure, e.g. via user interface
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99945 Object-oriented database structure processing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99948 Application of database or data structure, e.g. distributed, multimedia, or image

Abstract

A method, system and type of database for transmitting data is disclosed in which the data is organized into a structured linear database. The structured linear database includes a routing header portion, a file allocation table, a data portion and a tailbit portion. The structured linear database may be transmitted over any type of network, such as a TM-UWB system or a fiber-optic system. Once the data to be transmitted is identified, a corresponding field is identified in the field allocation table giving the location of the data within the transmission. This field is then referenced by the user to access the specific type of data desired at the given location of the transmission. this process may be repeated enabling data to be stored on transmission lines and accessed at any point at any time providing an always on network.

Claims

1. An electronically implemented method of transmitting data between a device and a communications channel interface, comprising:

communicating a request for the data from the device to the communications channel interface;

determining a type of data being requested;

accessing the data within a communications channel by the communications channel interface using a communication protocol that defines a position of the data within a structured linear database based on the type of data being requested;

transmitting the data from the communications channel interface to the device and wherein the structured linear database protocol uses at least one structured linear database comprising a linear file allocation table including a field name for one or more subdivisions of data, pulse start and end position information for each of the field names.

2. The method of transmitting data between a device and a communications channel interface of claim 1 wherein the step of transmitting is transmitting using radio frequency over a hard-wired medium.

3. The method of transmitting data between a device and a communications channel interface of claim 1 wherein the step of transmitting is transmitting using a radio frequency system over a wireless medium.

4. The method of transmitting data between a device and a communications channel interface of claim 1 wherein the step of transmitting is transmitting using an ultra wideband radio frequency system over a hard-wired medium.

5. The method of transmitting data between a device and a communications channel interface of claim 1 wherein the step of transmitting is transmitting using an ultra wideband radio frequency system over a wireless medium.

6. The method of transmitting data between a device and a communications channel interface of claim 5 wherein the ultra wideband radio frequency transmission system uses variable pulse characteristics to represent data.

7. The method of transmitting data between a device and a communications channel interface of claim 5 wherein the ultra wideband radio frequency transmission system uses variable spaces between pulses to represent data.

8. The method of transmitting data between a device and a communications channel interface of claim 1 wherein the step of transmitting is transmitting using a fiber optic medium.

9. The method of transmitting data between a device and a communications channel interface of claim 1 wherein the step of accessing data with the linear database protocol is accessing data based on pulse position information associated with the type of data being requested.

10. The method of transmitting data between a device and a communications channel interface of claim 1 wherein the data includes streaming data.

11. The method of transmitting data between a device and a communications channel interface of claim 1 wherein the data includes non-streaming data.

12. The method of transmitting data between a device and a communications channel interface of claim 1 wherein the at least one structured linear database contains at least one telecommunication data packet.

13. The method of transmitting data between a device and a communications channel interface of claim 1 wherein the structured linear database protocol uses a plurality of structured linear databases.

14. The method of transmitting data between a device and a communications channel interface of claim 1 wherein the structured linear database contains a plurality of telecommunication data packets.

15. The method of transmitting data between a device and a communications channel interface of claim 1 wherein the structured linear database is variable in length.

16. The method of transmitting data between a device and a communications channel interface of claim 1 wherein the telecommunication data packets are variable in length.

17. The method of transmitting data between a device and communications channel interface of claim 1 wherein one structured linear database is equivalent in duration to one telecommunication data packet.