Computer memory with improved performance through single-bit logic
US10529452B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 27, 2018 |
| Grant date | Jan 7, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 27, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG16H10/60
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Computer memory employs single-bit logic in order to improve performance through minimizing storage size for generating user interface prompts. The user interface prompts may be used to guide clinical or other decision queries using a dynamic decision tree such that multiple decision trees are followed in sequence and jumps occur between decision trees based on previously received query responses and the system's determination of what useful data has not been gathered. Throughout the process, the computer memory performs using highly efficient single-bit data storage and retrieval. For example, rather than storing data concerning all possible paths between various decision trees, a system using the computer memory may determine at the time of use that a jump should occur from one decision tree to another decision tree despite the system not being pre-populated with data representative of a relationship between the source and destination of the jump. Such jumps may be achieved without the use of complex data structures at the memory level, minimizing space usage and maximizing memory performance.
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