Patents by Inventor Manoj C. Patil

Manoj C. Patil 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).

  • Contiguous physical memory allocation
    Patent number: 6986016
    Abstract: Providing physically contiguous memory from memory that is allocated without any guarantee of whether the underlying contiguous physical memory is contiguous involves identifying contiguous pages of physical memory in the allocated virtual memory. Such pages are contributed to a pool of contiguous physical memory for use as required. Any pages that are not contributed to the pool of contiguous physical memory, are not allocated with other pages that are contributed to the pool of contiguous physical memory, can be freed from allocation for alternative uses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2006
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Manoj C. Patil
  • Contiguous physical memory allocation
    Publication number: 20040064671
    Abstract: Providing physically contiguous memory from memory that is allocated without any guarantee of whether the underlying contiguous physical memory is contiguous involves identifying contiguous pages of physical memory in the allocated virtual memory. Such pages are contributed to a pool of contiguous physical memory for use as required. Any pages that are not contributed to the pool of contiguous physical memory, are not allocated with other pages that are contributed to the pool of contiguous physical memory, can be freed from allocation for alternative uses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2002
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Manoj C. Patil