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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.

Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2008

Filed:

Apr. 12, 2004
Applicants:

Lizy K. John, Austin, TX (US);

Tao LI, Gainesville, FL (US);

Inventors:

Lizy K. John, Austin, TX (US);

Tao Li, Gainesville, FL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An apparatus and a system, as well as a method and article, may operate to predict a branch within a first operating context, such as a user context, using a first strategy; and to predict a branch within a second operating context, such as an operating system context, using a second strategy. In some embodiments, apparatus and systems may comprise one or more first storage locations to store branch history information associated with a first operating context, and one ore more second storage locations to store branch history information associated with a second operating context.


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