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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. 12, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2015
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Yicheng Feng, Shanghai, CN;
Shiwen He, Shanghai, CN;
Jun Liao, Shanghai, CN;
Dan Dan Wang, Shanghai, CN;
Wen Bao Yin, Shanghai, CN;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 12/08 (2016.01); G06F 12/0868 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0656 (2013.01); G06F 3/0608 (2013.01); G06F 3/0638 (2013.01); G06F 3/0683 (2013.01); G06F 12/0868 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention allow a data segment stored in a compressed format to be directly staged into a cache allowing access to the data segment. In operation, a request to access a data segment is received. In response, whether the data segment is stored in a compressed format is determined. If the data segment is stored in the compressed format, the data segment is staged directly into a cache.