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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2007
Applicants:
Peter W. Burka, Ottawa, CA;
Barry M. Genova, Carp, CA;
Inventors:
Peter W. Burka, Ottawa, CA;
Barry M. Genova, Carp, CA;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
Under the present invention, a hierarchical tree and corresponding Least Recently Used (LRU) list are provided. Both include a predetermined quantity of nodes that are associated with invariant data objects. The nodes of the tree typically include a set of pointers that indicate a position/arrangement of the associated invariant data objects in the LRU list, and a set of pointers that indicate a logical relationship among the other nodes.