Extremely localized parse rules, dependent only upon either intrinsic characteristics of each packet or upon transitions in characteristics between consecutive pairs or triples of packets, give a determinable fragmentation of an information stream which is relatively insensitive to imbedded error, insertion...http://www.google.com/patents/US5414650?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US5414650 - Parsing information onto packets using context-insensitive parsing rules based on packet characteristics