Encoding / decoding system and method

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising:

• a computer program product and a plurality of instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
• processing an unencoded data file to identify a plurality of file segments, wherein the unencoded data file is a dataset for use with a disaster recovery process;
• mapping each of the plurality of file segments to a portion of a dictionary file, wherein the dictionary file includes a binary sequence of all possible combinations of a number having a defined bit length;
• storing or transmitting a plurality of mappings that each include a starting location as a bit-wise offset within the dictionary file and a length as a number of bits within the dictionary file beginning from the starting location within the dictionary file;
• generating a related encoded data file based, at least in part, upon the plurality of mappings;
• storing or transmitting the related encoded data file;
• receiving a request to manipulate the unencoded data file from the disaster recovery process;
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• processing the related encoded data file based, at least in part, upon the plurality of mappings and the dictionary file to generate a modified encoded data file that represents the requested manipulations of the unencoded data file without first decoding the related encoded data;
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• storing or transmitting the modified encoded data file.

A computing system including a processor and memory configured to perform operations comprising:

• executing, via a processor and memory, operations comprising:
• processing via the processor an unencoded data file to identify a plurality of file segments, wherein the unencoded data file is a dataset for use with a disaster recovery process;
• mapping each of the plurality of file segments to a portion of a dictionary file, wherein the dictionary file includes a binary sequence of all possible combinations of a number having a defined bit length;
• storing or transmitting a plurality of mappings that each include a starting location as a bit-wise offset within the dictionary file and a length as a number of bits within the dictionary file beginning from the starting location within the dictionary file;
• generating a related encoded data file based, at least in part, upon the plurality of mappings;
• storing or transmitting the related encoded data file;
• receiving a request to manipulate the unencoded data file from the disaster recovery process;
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• processing via the processor the related encoded data file based, at least in part, upon the plurality of mappings and the dictionary file to generate a modified encoded data file that represents the requested manipulations of the unencoded data file without first decoding the related encoded data;
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• storing or transmitting the modified encoded data file.