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Inventor

Terry A. Welch

Patents indexed

1

Year range

1985

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Years active

1985

Total patents

1

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1985

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softwaretelecommunicationsconsumer_electronics

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1980s
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1 patents, in 1985

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US 4558302·1985·Sperry Corp

How Computers Compress Data Using Dictionary Building

This 1985 patent describes a method for making computer files smaller by building a dictionary of common data patterns and replacing them with shorter codes.

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