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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2017
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0629 (2013.01); G06F 3/061 (2013.01); G06F 3/0604 (2013.01); G06F 3/0635 (2013.01); G06F 3/0656 (2013.01); G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 3/0673 (2013.01); G06F 3/0689 (2013.01);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method for storing data in a storage area, includes: storing a first data unit in a first area of the storage area, in response to a request to store a first data unit having a first attribute in the storage area, when at least one data unit having the first attribute is stored in the first area; and generating, a second area by reducing the first area, when no data unit having the second attribute is stored in the storage area in response to a request to store a second data unit having a second attribute in the storage area; furthermore, storing the second data unit in the second area.