Microsoft patents cloud method that compresses user data into time-based segments
Microsoft describes a method for storing user data in the cloud by compressing raw records into a single file using an incremental algorithm. The system organizes this data into hierarchical segments based on specific time intervals, allowing users to retrieve and decompress only the relevant section needed for analysis.
In the filing’s own words
A computer-implemented method for compressed compact data storage and processing within a cloud-based environment is disclosed. In one aspect, the method for processing data signals, includes receiving a plurality of data signals corresponding to a user, the plurality of data signals includes a plurality of user raw records at corresponding time values, compressing the plurality of data signals using an incremental compression algorithm to form a single compressed iterative record, organizing the single compressed iterative record into hierarchical segments based on predefined time intervals using a waterfall data model, and storing the single compressed iterative record in a first cloud storage system.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method comprising: receiving a plurality of data signals corresponding to a user, the plurality of data signals comprising a plurality of user raw records at corresponding time values; compressing the plurality of data signals using an incremental compression algorithm to form a single compressed iterative record; organizing the single compressed iterative record into hierarchical segments based on predefined time intervals using a waterfall data model; storing the single compressed iterative record in a first cloud storage system; receiving a request to analyze data corresponding to a selected time interval; identifying, based on the selected time interval, a corresponding segment of the single compressed iterative record; retrieving only the identified segment from the first cloud storage system; and decompressing only the retrieved segment at runtime for analysis without decompressing other segments of the single compressed iterative record.
Facts
- Company
- Microsoft (Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC)
- Official title
- COMPRESSED SIGNAL PROPAGATION PIPELINE
- Publication number
- US20260259859A1
- Application number
- 19657457
- Filed
- Apr 24, 2026
- Published
- Sep 3, 2026
- Inventors
- 3
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
G06F 16/1744 Physics & computingG06F 16/182 Physics & computingMore from Microsoft in AI & software
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