Floating point encoding systems and methods
CA 2544656 C · Owner: Blackberry Limited · Inventors: Yach, David P.; Dahms, John F. A.
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Systems and methods for encoding floating point numbers. A system can include encoding logic which encodes invalid floating point representations as valid data. , Decoding logic can be used to recognize the invalid floating point representations and map , can provide the invalid floating point representations to valid data values. The decoding , logic then can provide the valid data values so that operations on the valid data values can , be performed in accordance with instructions received from an associated program.
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- Filed September 7, 2005 and granted March 22, 2016. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 7, 2025.
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