Patents by Inventor James Balmer Mckie

James Balmer Mckie 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).

  • Publication number: 20130124821
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method of managing computer memory, the method comprising the steps of maintaining (101) a page table entry for mapping a virtual address to a physical address and a cache comprising a plurality of data blocks and, in response to a reference to the virtual address, translating (102) the virtual address into the physical address by means of the page table entry and fetching (103) data from the physical address into the cache, wherein the page table entry comprises a plurality of indicators, each data block corresponding to an indicator, and, upon fetching the-data into the cache, the method comprises the further step of, in response to an indicator being set, zeroing (104) the corresponding data block. The invention further concerns a computer program product and a device therefor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: ALCATEL LUCENT
    Inventors: Sape Mullender, James Balmer Mckie, Fabio Pianese, Noah Evans