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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. 22, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2005
Applicant:
Ponnappa Palecanda, Roseville, CA (US);
Inventor:
Ponnappa Palecanda, Roseville, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
One embodiment in accordance with the invention is a method for enabling efficient data storage. The method can include determining a maximum value for an element of a data structure, wherein the element can be stored. Also, a minimal bit number is determined that can represent the maximum value. A minimum amount of memory is determined for storing the minimal bit number. The minimum amount of memory is allocated. A determination is made as to where to store the element within the minimum amount of allocated memory.