Appeal No. 1997-0637
Application 08/265,965
The disclosed invention is directed to a system and a
method of storing data in a linked list memory architecture
which supports a plurality of linked lists. The system and
the method of the present invention improves system efficiency
by writing data and a corresponding pointer to a single memory
location in a single write cycle. The invention is further
illustrated by the following claim.
Representative claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A method for storing data in a memory having a
plurality of linked lists and a free list, comprising the
steps of:
(a) determining one of the plurality of linked lists in
which data is to be stored;
(b) determining a next available address for said linked
list determined in said step (a), wherein said next available
address points to a current location at which the data is to
be stored for said linked list;
(c) determining a free list start address, wherein said
free list start address indicates an address of an available
location in the free list; and
(d) writing the data and said free list start address to
said current location in a single write cycle.
appeal [paper no. 16].
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