Method for compressing XML documents into valid XML documents

1. A method of compressing XML documents, the method comprising:

compressing a first XML document into a binary stream;

converting the compressed binary stream into compressed text encoded from the compressed binary stream;

formatting the compressed text so as to form a compressed valid XML document; and

associating at least one XML tag with the compressed valid XML document, wherein the XML tag identifies the document as a compressed XML document.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein compressing the first XML document into a binary stream includes compressing the XML document using a deflate compression algorithm.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein converting the binary stream into the compressed valid XML document includes converting the binary stream to ASCII text using base-64 encoding.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein converting the binary stream into the compressed valid XML document includes replacing invalid XML characters with standard XML replacement text.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first XML document includes a configuration file to configure a remote device.

6. A method of transferring XML documents, the method further comprising:

compressing a first XML document into a compressed binary stream;

converting the compressed binary stream into compressed text encoded from the compressed binary stream;

formatting the compressed text so as to form a compressed valid XML document;

associating at least one XML tag with the compressed valid XML document, wherein the XML tag identifies the compressed valid XML document as a compressed XML document;

transferring the compressed valid XML document over a network;

reconverting the compressed valid XML document into the compressed binary stream; and

decompressing the binary stream to obtain the first XML document.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein reconverting the compressed valid XML document into a binary stream includes reconverting standard XML replacement text back to original characters.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein transferring the compressed valid XML document over a network includes transferring the compressed valid XML document over a serial communications network.

9. The method of claim 6 , wherein transferring the compressed XML document over a network includes transferring the compressed valid XML document over a wireless network.

10. The method of claim 6 , wherein transferring the compressed XML document over a network includes transferring the compressed valid XML document over the internet.

11. A non-transitory computer readable medium to implement a method of compressing XML documents, the non-transitory computer readable medium comprising program code for:

compressing an XML document into a compressed binary stream;

converting the compressed binary stream into compressed text encoded from the compressed binary stream;

formatting the compressed text so as to form a compressed valid XML document; and

associating at least one XML tag with the compressed valid XML document, wherein the XML tag identifies the compressed valid XML document as a compressed XML document.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the non-transitory computer readable medium further includes program code for:

reconverting the compressed valid XML document into a binary stream; and

decompressing the binary stream into an XML document.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the program code includes a deflate compression algorithm.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the program code includes a binary to ASCII text encoding algorithm.

15. A method for transmitting XML documents, the method comprising:

compressing a first XML document into a compressed binary stream;

converting the compressed binary stream into compressed text encoded from the compressed binary stream;

formatting the compressed text so as to form a compressed valid XML document;

associating at least one XML tag with the compressed valid XML document, wherein the XML tag identifies the document as a compressed XML document;

transferring the compressed valid XML document over a network;

recognizing the transferred document as a compressed valid XML document;

reconverting the compressed valid XML document into the compressed binary stream; and

decompressing the binary stream to obtain the first XML document.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein reconverting the compressed valid XML document into a binary stream includes reverse base-64 encoding.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein decompressing the binary stream includes running a reverse deflate algorithm.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein transferring over a network includes transferring over the internet.