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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:
Jul. 15, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2000
Kurt E. Sowa, Shingle Springs, CA (US);
Christopher M. McAllen, Folsom, CA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for locating data stored in memory are described. According to one embodiment, search data, such as the name of a file or directory to be located in memory, is received, and a hash function is performed on the search data to generate a search hash value. The computer uses the search hash value to search the memory by comparing the search hash value with hash values stored in memory that are associated with stored data, such as file or directory names stored in a directory page in a file structure. When the computer locates a stored hash value that matches the search hash value, it compares the search data with the stored data associated with the stored hash value to validate that the stored data matches the search data. If a data match is confirmed, the stored data has been located and the processing is complete; otherwise the search processing continues by looking for other stored hash values that match the search hash value.