Encoding / decoding system and method
A computer-implemented method, computer program product and computing system for: encoding an unencoded data file to generate a related encoded data file based, at least in part, upon a plurality of mappings to a plurality of portions of a dictionary file; receiving a request to manipulate the unencoded data file; and processing the related encoded data file based, at least in part, upon the plurality of mappings and the dictionary file to generate a modified encoded data file that represents the requested manipulations of the unencoded data file.
1 . A computer-implemented method, executed on a computing device comprising: encoding an unencoded data file to generate a related encoded data file based, at least in part, upon a plurality of mappings to a plurality of portions of a dictionary file, wherein the dictionary file includes a binary sequence of all possible combinations of a number having a defined bit length, wherein the defined bit length is determined based upon design criteria of encoding process, and wherein each of the plurality of mappings includes a starting location as a bit-wise offset within the dictionary file and a length as a number of bits within the dictionary file beginning from the starting location within the dictionary file; receiving a request to manipulate the unencoded data file; and processing the related encoded data file based, at least in part, upon the plurality of mappings and the dictionary file to generate a modified encoded data file that represents the requested manipulations of the unencoded data file.
2 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein processing the related encoded data file based, at least in part, upon the plurality of mappings and the dictionary file to generate a modified encoded data file that represents the requested manipulations of the unencoded data file includes one or more of:
performing a homomorphic encoding operation; and
performing a heteromorphic encoding operation.
3 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein encoding an unencoded data file to generate a related encoded data file based, at least in part, upon a plurality of mappings to a plurality of portions of a dictionary file includes one or more of:
compressing an unencoded data file to generate a related encoded data file; and
encrypting an unencoded data file to generate a related encoded data file.
4 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein the dictionary file includes a plurality of discrete entries.
5 . The computer-implemented method of claim 4 wherein processing the related encoded data file based, at least in part, upon the plurality of mappings and the dictionary file to generate a modified encoded data file that represents the requested manipulations of the unencoded data file includes:
processing the related encoded data file, in a byte-wise fashion, based upon the plurality of mappings and the dictionary file to generate a modified encoded data file that represents the requested manipulations of the unencoded data file.
6 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein the dictionary file includes a plurality of concatenated entries.
7 . The computer-implemented method of claim 6 wherein processing the related encoded data file based, at least in part, upon the plurality of mappings and the dictionary file to generate a modified encoded data file that represents the requested manipulations of the unencoded data file includes:
processing the related encoded data file, in a bit-wise fashion, based upon the plurality of mappings and the dictionary file to generate a modified encoded data file that represents the requested manipulations of the unencoded data file.
8 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein processing the related encoded data file based, at least in part, upon the plurality of mappings and the dictionary file to generate a modified encoded data file that represents the requested manipulations of the unencoded data file includes:
processing the related encoded data file, utilizing a sampling window, based upon the plurality of mappings and the dictionary file to generate a modified encoded data file that represents the requested manipulations of the unencoded data file.
9 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein the requested manipulations concern one or more of:
a computation operation;
a search operation;
an append operation;
a splitting operation;
a joining operation; and
a concatenating operation.
10 . A computer program product residing on a non-transitory computer readable medium having a plurality of instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising: encoding an unencoded data file to generate a related encoded data file based, at least in part, upon a plurality of mappings to a plurality of portions of a dictionary file, wherein the dictionary file includes a binary sequence of all possible combinations of a number having a defined bit length, wherein the defined bit length is determined based upon design criteria of encoding process, and wherein each of the plurality of mappings includes a starting location as a bit-wise offset within the dictionary file and a length as a number of bits within the dictionary file beginning from the starting location within the dictionary file; receiving a request to manipulate the unencoded data file; and processing the related encoded data file based, at least in part, upon the plurality of mappings and the dictionary file to generate a modified encoded data file that represents the requested manipulations of the unencoded data file.
11 . The computer program product residing on a non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10 wherein processing the related encoded data file based, at least in part, upon the plurality of mappings and the dictionary file to generate a modified encoded data file that represents the requested manipulations of the unencoded data file includes one or more of:
performing a homomorphic encoding operation; and
performing a heteromorphic encoding operation.
12 . The computer program product residing on a non-transitory computer readable medium f claim 10 wherein encoding an unencoded data file to generate a related encoded data file based, at least in part, upon a plurality of mappings to a plurality of portions of a dictionary file includes one or more of:
compressing an unencoded data file to generate a related encoded data file; and
encrypting an unencoded data file to generate a related encoded data file.
13 . The computer program product residing on a non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10 wherein the dictionary file includes a plurality of discrete entries.
14 . The computer program product residing on a non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13 wherein processing the related encoded data file based, at least in part, upon the plurality of mappings and the dictionary file to generate a modified encoded data file that represents the requested manipulations of the unencoded data file includes:
processing the related encoded data file, in a byte-wise fashion, based upon the plurality of mappings and the dictionary file to generate a modified encoded data file that represents the requested manipulations of the unencoded data file.
15 . The computer program product residing on a non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10 wherein the dictionary file includes a plurality of concatenated entries.
16 . The computer program product residing on a non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 wherein processing the related encoded data file based, at least in part, upon the plurality of mappings and the dictionary file to generate a modified encoded data file that represents the requested manipulations of the unencoded data file includes:
processing the related encoded data file, in a bit-wise fashion, based upon the plurality of mappings and the dictionary file to generate a modified encoded data file that represents the requested manipulations of the unencoded data file.
17 . The computer program product residing on a non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10 wherein processing the related encoded data file based, at least in part, upon the plurality of mappings and the dictionary file to generate a modified encoded data file that represents the requested manipulations of the unencoded data file includes:
processing the related encoded data file, utilizing a sampling window, based upon the plurality of mappings and the dictionary file to generate a modified encoded data file that represents the requested manipulations of the unencoded data file.
18 . The computer program product residing on a non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10 wherein the requested manipulations concern one or more of:
a computation operation;
a search operation;
an append operation;
a splitting operation;
a joining operation; and
a concatenating operation.
19 . A computing system including a processor and memory configured to perform operations comprising: encoding an unencoded data file to generate a related encoded data file based, at least in part, upon a plurality of mappings to a plurality of portions of a dictionary file, wherein the dictionary file includes a binary sequence of all possible combinations of a number having a defined bit length, wherein this defined bit length is determined based upon design criteria of encoding process, and wherein each of the plurality of mappings includes a starting location as a bit-wise offset within the dictionary file and a length as a number of bits within the dictionary file beginning from the starting location within the dictionary file; receiving a request to manipulate the unencoded data file; and processing the related encoded data file based, at least in part, upon the plurality of mappings and the dictionary file to generate a modified encoded data file that represents the requested manipulations of the unencoded data file.
20 . The computing system of claim 19 wherein processing the related encoded data file based, at least in part, upon the plurality of mappings and the dictionary file to generate a modified encoded data file that represents the requested manipulations of the unencoded data file includes:
performing a homomorphic encoding operation; and
performing a heteromorphic encoding operation.
21 . The computing system of claim 19 wherein encoding an unencoded data file to generate a related encoded data file based, at least in part, upon a plurality of mappings to a plurality of portions of a dictionary file includes one or more of:
compressing an unencoded data file to generate a related encoded data file; and
encrypting an unencoded data file to generate a related encoded data file.
22 . The computing system of claim 19 wherein the dictionary file includes a plurality of discrete entries.
23 . The computing system of claim 22 wherein processing the related encoded data file based, at least in part, upon the plurality of mappings and the dictionary file to generate a modified encoded data file that represents the requested manipulations of the unencoded data file includes:
processing the related encoded data file, in a byte-wise fashion, based upon the plurality of mappings and the dictionary file to generate a modified encoded data file that represents the requested manipulations of the unencoded data file.
24 . The computing system of claim 19 wherein the dictionary file includes a plurality of concatenated entries.
25 . The computing system of claim 24 wherein processing the related encoded data file based, at least in part, upon the plurality of mappings and the dictionary file to generate a modified encoded data file that represents the requested manipulations of the unencoded data file includes:
processing the related encoded data file, in a bit-wise fashion, based upon the plurality of mappings and the dictionary file to generate a modified encoded data file that represents the requested manipulations of the unencoded data file.
26 . The computing system of claim 19 wherein processing the related encoded data file based, at least in part, upon the plurality of mappings and the dictionary file to generate a modified encoded data file that represents the requested manipulations of the unencoded data file includes:
processing the related encoded data file, utilizing a sampling window, based upon the plurality of mappings and the dictionary file to generate a modified encoded data file that represents the requested manipulations of the unencoded data file.
27 . The computing system of claim 19 wherein the requested manipulations concern one or more of:
a computation operation;
a search operation;
an append operation;
a splitting operation;
a joining operation; and
a concatenating operation.