Relative logarithmic time stamps for reduced memory map size

• Main Author: RUST; ROBERT A
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 02.11.1999
• Edition: 6
• Subjects: ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDEDFOR ELSEWHERE; BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY; CALCULATING; CHECKING-DEVICES; CODE CONVERSION IN GENERAL; CODING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; DECODING; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRICITY; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; PHYSICS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS

A system and method for managing a time stamp wherein a table of time stamps is maintained. Each time stamp corresponds to the age of a block of data. The age of the data is determined from the value of the time stamp in the table. When a block of data is written, the time stamp corresponding to the...