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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:
Mar. 14, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2004
Applicants:
Thomas G. O'neill, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jordan M. Slott, Durham, NC (US);
Inventors:
Thomas G. O'Neill, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jordan M. Slott, Durham, NC (US);
Assignee:
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/36 (2006.01); G06F 12/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A mechanism is provided that identifies certain classes of images that are likely to be re-used, and utilizes this information to manage a cache better. This may include flushing certain classes of images that are less likely to be re-used before flushing the classes that are more likely to be reused. In addition, or alternatively, other factors regarding the image may be utilized to determine whether or not caching of the image should occur.