Process for managing the memory resources in a microcircuit card
US6223991A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 12, 1998 |
| Grant date | May 1, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 12, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2212/177
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Process for reclaiming storage spaces in a microcircuit card when they are no longer used by the references of the system. Each storage space (EM.sub.1 -EM.sub.4) is provided with a header (E.sub.1 -E.sub.4) containing a number of references representative at any moment of a plurality of references requesting the data of the corresponding storage space. The headers form the object of chaining (Ch) and a storage space the number of references of which has been reduced to zero can be re-allocated. Under certain conditions, available and adjacent storage spaces can be merged.
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