Patent №
US 5,227,788
Granted
1993-07-13
Filed 1992
Owner
AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NY
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Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
07844809
A method and apparatus for compressing and expanding discrete signals is disclosed which comprises two compression methods which interact synergistically. Illustratively, a minimum-redundancy Huffman code, which partially represents a compressed signal, is used in conjunction with a uniquely decodable code which comprises two components. The first component represents its own length, the length of the second component and partially represents the compressed signal and the second component partially represents the compressed signal.
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Ownership
AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NY
assignment · 60950295
Assignors
JOHNSTON, JAMES D., REEDS, JAMES A., III
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