US 9116908

Here is a concise summary of US Patent 9,116,908:

US Patent 9,116,908: System and methods for accelerated data storage and retrieval

• Title: System and methods for accelerated data storage and retrieval
• Assignee: Realtime Data LLC
• Inventor: James J. Fallon
• Filing Date: June 12, 2014
• Issue Date: August 25, 2015
• Abstract: The patent describes systems and methods for accelerating data storage and retrieval using lossless data compression and decompression. A data storage accelerator uses one or more high-speed data compression encoders to compress data. This compressed data is then stored in a target memory or storage device, which has a lower input data storage bandwidth than the original input data stream. Similarly, a data retrieval accelerator employs one or more high-speed data decompression decoders to decompress data at a rate equal to or faster than the input data stream from the target memory. The decompressed data is then output at a rate greater than the output rate from the target memory or storage device.

Plain-Language Overview of Independent Claims:

• Independent Claim 1 (Method for accelerated data storage and retrieval): This claim describes a method where data is received at a high input rate, compressed by at least one encoder, and then stored in a slower storage device. Later, this compressed data is retrieved from the storage device and decompressed by at least one decoder, resulting in an output data stream that is faster than the retrieval rate from the storage device. The key idea is that compression allows a faster input stream to be written to a slower device, and decompression allows a retrieved compressed stream to be output at a faster rate.
• Independent Claim 20 (System for accelerated data storage and retrieval): This claim describes a physical system designed to perform the method of Claim 1. It includes a "data storage accelerator" with a compressor to handle the high-speed input and storage to a slower device, and a "data retrieval accelerator" with a decompressor to retrieve data from the slower device and output it at a higher rate.
• Independent Claim 35 (Method for accelerated data storage): This claim focuses specifically on the storage aspect. It details a method where an input data stream, coming in at a rate faster than the storage device can handle, is compressed. The compression process is efficient enough (compression rate is at least equal to the ratio of the input data rate to the storage rate) to allow the continuous storage of the incoming high-speed data.
• Independent Claim 42 (Method for accelerated data retrieval): This claim focuses specifically on the retrieval aspect. It describes a method where a compressed data stream is retrieved from a storage device. This retrieved compressed data is then decompressed. The decompression ratio is managed (equal to or greater than the ratio of the data access rate to the maximum accepted output data rate) to ensure a continuous and optimal high-speed output of the decompressed data.

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