METHOD FOR OPTIMISATION OF DATA STORAGE AND TRANSMISSION Russian patent published in 2016 - IPC G06F15/16 

FIELD: physics, computer engineering.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to a computer-readable data medium and methods of providing a client with details for the optimisation of data storage in a data storage server. The method comprises accessing, by a client, metadata describing the storage of file data on a data storage server by sending a metadata request to the data storage server, wherein the file data are stored on the data storage server in a form different from the original file data form; receiving, at the client from the data storage server, information containing metadata describing compression information for file data which can be used to unpack the file data; sending, by the client, the next request for the said different file data form based on the received metadata; receiving file data at the client, wherein the file data are received in the said different file data form, in the form in which they are stored on the data storage server; and converting, by the client, the said different file data form into the said original file data form based on the metadata.

EFFECT: optimisation of data storage and transmission.

20 cl, 4 dwg