System and method for compressing data on a bandwidth-limited network
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1. A method for compressing an electronic message comprising:
- identifying a block of data within said electronic message which is found in a previous electronic message;
generating a pointer identifying said block of data in said previous electronic message; and
replacing said block of data in said electronic message with said pointer; and
transmitting said electronic mail message to a wireless data processing device having said previous electronic mail message stored thereon.
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Abstract
A method for compressing a message is disclosed, comprising: identifying a block of data within the message which is found in a previous message; generating a pointer identifying the block of data in said previous message; and replacing the block of data with the pointer in the message.
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24 Claims
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1. A method for compressing an electronic message comprising:
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identifying a block of data within said electronic message which is found in a previous electronic message;
generating a pointer identifying said block of data in said previous electronic message; and
replacing said block of data in said electronic message with said pointer; and
transmitting said electronic mail message to a wireless data processing device having said previous electronic mail message stored thereon. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system comprising:
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message identification logic for identifying a previous electronic message which contains a block of data found in a new electronic message;
state-based compression logic for compressing said new electronic message by replacing said block of data with a pointer identifying said block of data in said previous electronic message; and
transmission logic for transmitting said new electronic mail message to a wireless data processing device having said previous electronic mail message stored thereon. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method comprising:
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providing an interface to a message service, said interface compressing messages and forwarding said compressed messages to a data processing device, wherein said interface compresses an electronic message by searching for prior electronic messages transmitted to or received from said data processing device which include a block of data found in said electronic message and replacing said block of data with a pointer to said block of data in said prior electronic mail messages; and
transmitting said electronic mail message to a wireless to a wireless data processing device having previous electronic mail message stored. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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