Inventors:
Charles Burch - Sandia Park NM, US
William Menger - Houston TX, US
Donna Vunderink - Burbank OK, US
Thomas Stoeckley - Ponca City OK, US
Maximillian Burton - Ponca City OK, US
Karen Goodger - Ponca City OK, US
James Williams - Ponca City OK, US
Charles Burch - Ponca City OK, US
International Classification:
G06F015/16
Abstract:
An apparatus for restructuring data includes a receiving section for receiving a data record having a header and an array, and a compressing section for compressing the header according to a lossless form of compression and for compressing the array according to a lossy form of compression. Also provided is a method for storing the compressed header and the compressed array in a self-defining file. The self-defining file includes a multi-level index, which contains information such as the size and location of compressed headers and compressed arrays contained within the file.