Appeal No. 97-0244 Application 08/042,357 3. An encoding system for generating an encoded represen-tation for a value "i" in response to a base value "b," a value "n" identifying a number of characters in each of a series of encoding groups in the representation, and a value "s" identifying a number of characters in a termination identifier identifying the end of the encoded representa-tion, the encoding system comprising: A. an encoding group number determining element for determining a value "N" identifying the number of encoding groups for the representation in accordance with N=GI{log [(b-1)i+1]} b where "GI" represents the greatest integer function; B. an encoded value difference determination element for using the value of "N" as determined by the encoding group number determining element, and the value of base "b," to determine an encoded value difference value * in accordance with *=(b -1)/(b-1);N C. an encoded value identifier element for using the encoded value difference value * to generate an encoded value i' in accordance with i'=i-*; D. an encoding group value determining element for determining values of each encoding group a in j accordance with 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007