Patents by Inventor Don C. Capps

Don C. Capps 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).

  • Apparatus and method for managing memory allocation
    Patent number: 5386536
    Abstract: A system for dynamically allocating memory to a file buffer cache manager and a virtual memory space manager is provided. The file buffer cache memory is time stamped at times of acquisition and access, and the acquired virtual memory space memory is time stamped at times of acquisition and access. If the file buffer cache manager or the virtual memory address manager requests memory, the time stamps of the memories acquired by the file buffer cache manager and the virtual memory space manager are compared. The piece of memory which has the earlier time stamp is preempted and allocated to the manager which has requested memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1995
    Inventors: Howard R. Courts, Don C. Capps