Pad encoding and decoding

A decoding system, comprising:

• a register for storing a multi-dimensional shape definition of regular cells including a starting current cell;
• a serialization de-serialization engine for populating the cells with the binary characters using a defined transform so that each populated cell is full;
• a character reading and writing engine for reading a binary character from the current cell;
• writing it to an output string, and setting the current cell to empty;
• a next cell determination engine for determining a next full cell by traversing from the current cell to adjacent cells in the multi-dimensional shape until a full cell is located;
• a loop facilitator for looping back to the reading next character step and the determining next cell step until there are no more data characters or a next full cell is not determined;
• and whereby the output string is a one dimensional binary string of characters representing an encoded string of alphanumeric characters.

An encoding method, comprising:

• defining a multi-dimensional shape of regular cells including a starting empty cell;
• writing a binary character to an empty cell beginning with a starting empty cell;
• determining a next empty cell by traversing neighboring cells in the two dimensional shape until an empty cell is located;
• looping back to the writing next character step and the determining next cell step until there are no more data characters or a next empty cell is not determined;
• and
• serializing the multi-dimensional cells into a one dimensional binary string of characters representing an encoded string of alphanumeric characters.

A method of decoding an input string of binary characters representing an encoded string of alphanumeric characters comprising:

• defining a two dimensional shape of regular cells including a starting current cell;
• populating the cells with the binary characters using a defined transform so that each populated cell is full;
• reading a binary character from the current cell;
• writing it to an output string, and setting the current cell to empty;
• determining a next full cell by methodically traversing from the current cell to adjacent cells in the two dimensional shape until a full cell is located;
• looping back to the reading next character step and the determining next cell step until there are no more data characters or a next full cell is not determined;
• and
• methodically serializing the two dimensional cells into a one dimensional binary string of characters representing an encoded string of alphanumeric characters.