Patents by Inventor Viral S. Shah

Viral S. Shah 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).

  • System and method for freeing memory
    Patent number: 8375194
    Abstract: There is provided a computer-executed method of freeing memory. One exemplary method comprises receiving a message from a user process. The message may specify a virtual address for a memory segment. The virtual address may be mapped to the memory segment. The memory segment may comprise a physical page. The method may further comprise identifying the physical page based on the virtual address. Additionally, the method may comprise freeing the physical page without unmapping the memory segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Viral S. Shah, Sudhir R. Shetiya, Anoop Sharma, Lars B. Plum
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FREEING MEMORY
    Publication number: 20110296135
    Abstract: There is provided a computer-executed method of freeing memory. One exemplary method comprises receiving a message from a user process. The message may specify a virtual address for a memory segment. The virtual address may be mapped to the memory segment. The memory segment may comprise a physical page. The method may further comprise identifying the physical page based on the virtual address. Additionally, the method may comprise freeing the physical page without unmapping the memory segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Inventors: Viral S. Shah, Sudhir R. Shetiya, Anoop Sharma, Lars B. Plum