Patents by Inventor SRINIVASA MUPPALA RAO

SRINIVASA MUPPALA RAO 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).

  • Compacting Memory utilization of sparse pages
    Patent number: 8990541
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for improving memory utilization of sparse pages are provided in the illustrative embodiments. A set of virtual pages is identified. Each virtual page in the set of virtual pages is a sparse virtual page. The set of virtual pages includes a first sparse virtual page and a second sparse virtual page. At least a portion of data of the first sparse virtual page in the set of virtual pages is stored in a first physical page. The first physical page belongs to a set of consolidation physical pages, and the first physical page also stores at least a portion of the data of the second sparse virtual page. The first and the second sparse pages are mapped to the first physical page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Adekunle Bello, Douglas Griffith, Angela Astrid Jaehde, Srinivasa Muppala Rao
  • MEMORY UTILIZATION OF SPARSE PAGES
    Publication number: 20140075148
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for improving memory utilization of sparse pages are provided in the illustrative embodiments. A set of virtual pages is identified. Each virtual page in the set of virtual pages is a sparse virtual page. The set of virtual pages includes a first sparse virtual page and a second sparse virtual page. At least a portion of data of the first sparse virtual page in the set of virtual pages is stored in a first physical page. The first physical page belongs to a set of consolidation physical pages, and the first physical page also stores at least a portion of the data of the second sparse virtual page. The first and the second sparse pages are mapped to the first physical page.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: ADEKUNLE BELLO, DOUGLAS GRIFFITH, ANGELA ASTRID JAEHDE, SRINIVASA MUPPALA RAO