Patents by Inventor Dafna Sadeh

Dafna Sadeh has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and apparatus for prefetching data items to a cache
    Patent number: 10884938
    Abstract: An apparatus, a computer program and a method for prefetching a predetermined number of data items to a cache. The method comprises obtaining a list of candidate data items and associated scores thereof, that comprises more candidate data items than the predetermined number of data items to be prefetched to the cache. The method comprises repeatedly selecting, based on scores of the candidate data items, a candidate data item from the list and determining whether to add the candidate data item to the cache. Determining whether to add the candidate data item to the cache comprises determining whether the candidate data item is retained by the cache; and in response to determining that the candidate data item is not retained by the cache, adding the candidate data item thereto. The repeatedly selecting and determining are performed until the predetermined number of data items is added to the cache.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Danny Harnik, Effi Ofer, Dafna Sadeh
  • CACHE PREFETCHING
    Publication number: 20200192811
    Abstract: An apparatus, a computer program and a method for prefetching a predetermined number of data items to a cache. The method comprises obtaining a list of candidate data items and associated scores thereof, that comprises more candidate data items than the predetermined number of data items to be prefetched to the cache. The method comprises repeatedly selecting, based on scores of the candidate data items, a candidate data item from the list and determining whether to add the candidate data item to the cache. Determining whether to add the candidate data item to the cache comprises determining whether the candidate data item is retained by the cache; and in response to determining that the candidate data item is not retained by the cache, adding the candidate data item thereto. The repeatedly selecting and determining are performed until the predetermined number of data items is added to the cache.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Danny Harnik, Effi Ofer, Dafna Sadeh