"Compressing And Decompressing Epg Data"

Abstract: A method is described which may be used to compress EPG data. EPG data may include a plurality of television programs. Each television program may have one or more values that respectively describe one or more television program characteristics. In one implementation, The EPG data is compressed by comparing the one or more values of each said television program with unique combinations of values to find a match. Each value in each unique combination describes a television program characteristic. Each of said unique combinations is in a table that includes a plurality of identifiers, and wherein each said identifier references one said unique combinations. For each said match, one or more values of the television program are replaced with an identifier in the table that references the matching unique combination of values.

Patent Information

Application #

Filing Date

24 May 2004

Publication Number

26/2006

Publication Type

INA

Invention Field

COMPUTER SCIENCE

Status

Email

Parent Application

Applicants

MICROSOFT CORPORATION

One Microsoft Way, Redmond, Washington 98052-6399

Inventors

1. TIM NICHOLS

685 Benvevenue Avenue, Los Altos, California 94024

2. STEVEN WASSERMAN

421 Bush Street, Mountain View, California 94041

3. GRANT MOHR

153 Cypress Avenue, San Bruno, California 94066

Specification

Documents

Application Documents

#	Name	Date
1	931-del-2004-priority document.pdf	2011-08-20
1	931-DEL-2004_EXAMREPORT.pdf	2016-06-30
2	931-del-2004-form5.pdf	2011-08-20
2	931-del-2004-abstract.pdf	2011-08-20
3	931-del-2004-form3.pdf	2011-08-20
3	931-del-2004-assignment.pdf	2011-08-20
4	931-del-2004-form2.pdf	2011-08-20
4	931-del-2004-claims.pdf	2011-08-20
5	931-del-2004-correspondence.pdf	2011-08-20
5	931-del-2004-form1.pdf	2011-08-20
6	931-del-2004-description.pdf	2011-08-20
6	931-del-2004-drawings.pdf	2011-08-20
7	931-del-2004-description.pdf	2011-08-20
7	931-del-2004-drawings.pdf	2011-08-20
8	931-del-2004-correspondence.pdf	2011-08-20
8	931-del-2004-form1.pdf	2011-08-20
9	931-del-2004-claims.pdf	2011-08-20
9	931-del-2004-form2.pdf	2011-08-20
10	931-del-2004-form3.pdf	2011-08-20
10	931-del-2004-assignment.pdf	2011-08-20
11	931-del-2004-form5.pdf	2011-08-20
11	931-del-2004-abstract.pdf	2011-08-20
12	931-DEL-2004_EXAMREPORT.pdf	2016-06-30
12	931-del-2004-priority document.pdf	2011-08-20