Method and apparatus for queuing updates in a computer system
US5963960A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 29, 1996 |
| Grant date | Oct 5, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 29, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99953
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for updating and reading data stored in a static memory in a computer system is disclosed. An update queue stores one or more update records in dynamic memory that specify changes made by a transaction to data stored in the static memory. If a transaction requests data for which the transaction has previously generated an update record updated data is generated in dynamic memory, where the updated data reflecting the changes specified by the update records. The updated data is then supplied to the transaction.
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