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Processing system and method including data compression API

  • US 9,158,686 B2
  • Filed: 09/14/2012
  • Issued: 10/13/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer system, comprising:

  • a data processor and memory accessible by the data processor, the memory storing computer programs executable by the data processor, including at least one application program and a set of functions that use parameters and implement operations of an application program interface (API) for processes that move a data set between elements of the memory, and perform compression and decompression of data in the data set, the at least one application program including;

    a process to move a data set between a first element of the memory to a second element of the memory, the application program being responsive on execution by the data processor to call the API, the call including parameters and identifying operations of the API, the parameters including a location of the data set to be moved, an identifier of a data type for the data set to be moved, and an identifier of a characteristic of a data compression procedure to be applied, to perform data compression according to the identified characteristic of the data compression procedure on the data set in the first element of the memory to form a compressed data set, and to store the compressed data set in the second element of the memory.

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