Seeding of a workspace to optimize codec operations

Inventors: Luis Gerardo Paris (Hershey, PA); Michael Patrick Mackey (Lake Stevens, WA)

Assignee: Centri Technology, Inc.

H04L65/607 H04L69/04

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Patent No.: US 8,804,814
App. No.: 13/909,921
Granted: Aug 12, 2014
Kind: B1

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Abstract

Various embodiments are directed toward compressing and/or decompressing data communicated between one or more network devices (e.g., codec operations). In particular, embodiments are directed towards improving codec performance by seeding the computation workspace that may be used by various codec processors. The seeding data may be determined based on at least one characteristic of a particular codec and the characteristics of data that may be processed by the codec processor. Also, the codec processor may be employed to generate data for the codec workspace based on the determined seeding data. Workspace data may be generated by processing the seeding data with the same codec processor that is used for normal codec operations. The workspace generated from the seeding data may be stored for future use, such as, when a matched data stream arrives.

Claims (65)

1. A method for communicating data between a plurality of a network devices, employing at least one of the network devices to perform actions, comprising:

determining a portion of seeding data based on at least one characteristic of a codec;

generating data for a workspace based on the portion of detein fined seeding data and the codec; and

responsive to other data being provided to an input stream, performing further actions, including:

determining a portion of the workspace data based on at least one characteristic of the other data;

loading the portion of the workspace data for execution in the workspace;

generating modified other data based on a codec, wherein the initial generation of the modified other data uses at least the portion of workspace data; and

providing the modified other data to an output stream.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the codec is operative to either compress or decompress the other data.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the workspace data, further comprises, employing the codec to process the determined seeding data.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, if the codec is asymmetrical and the other data is being decompressed by the codec, pre-pending the determined seeding data to the output stream before the other data is decompressed.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, if the codec is asymmetrical and the other data is being compressed by the codec, pre-pending the seeding data to the input stream before the other data is compressed.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, communicating at least the portion of the seeding data to another network device.

7. A system arranged for communicating data between a plurality of network devices, comprising:

a server device, including:

a transceiver that is operative to communicate over the network;

a memory that is operative to store at least instructions; and

a processor device that is operative to execute instructions that enable actions, including:

determining a portion of seeding data based on at least one characteristic of a codec;

generating data for a workspace based on the portion of determined seeding data and the codec; and

responsive to other data being provided to an input stream, enabling further actions, including:

determining a portion of the workspace data based on at least one characteristic of the other data;

loading the portion of the workspace data for execution in the workspace;

generating modified other data based on a codec, wherein the initial generation of the modified other data uses at least the portion of workspace data; and

providing the modified other data to an output stream; and

a client device, comprising,

a transceiver that is operative to communicate over the network;

a memory that is operative to store at least instructions; and

a processor device that is operative to execute instructions that enable actions, including:

receiving the modified other data on another input stream; and

processing the modified other data using the codec.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the codec is operative to either compress or decompress the other data.

9. The system of claim 7 , wherein generating the workspace data, further comprises, employing the codec to process the determined seeding data.

10. The system of claim 7 , further comprising, if the codec is asymmetrical and the other data is being decompressed by the codec, pre-pending the determined seeding data to the output stream before the other data is decompressed.

11. The system of claim 7 , further comprising, if the codec is asymmetrical and the other data is being compressed by the codec, pre-pending the seeding data to the input stream before the other data is compressed.

12. The system of claim 7 , further comprising, communicating at least the portion of the seeding data to another network device.

13. A network device that is operative for communicating data between a plurality of network devices over a network, comprising:

a transceiver that is operative to communicate over a network;