Methods for increasing cache capacity
First Claim
1. A method for increasing cache capacity having executable instructions, comprising the steps of:
- receiving in a cache an original data wherein access is required to one or more variants of the original data while the variants do not reside in the cache; and
providing access to one or more of the variants from the cache by using one or more delta data operable to be applied against the original data to produce the variants of the original data with the deltas residing in the cache.
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Abstract
Methods of increasing cache capacity are provided. A method of increasing cache capacity is provided wherein original data are received in a cache with access to one or more variants of the original data being required, but the variants do not reside in the cache. Access is provided to the variants by using one or more delta data operable to be applied against the original data to produce the variants Moreover, a method of reducing cache storage requirements is provided wherein original data and variants of the original data are identified and located within the cache. Further, delta data are produced by noting one or more differences between the original data and the variants, with the variants being purged from the cache. Furthermore, a method of producing derivatives from an original data is provided wherein the original data and variants of the original data are identified. Delta data are produced by recording the difference between each variant and the original data, with the delta data and the original data being retained in the cache.
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1. A method for increasing cache capacity having executable instructions, comprising the steps of:
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receiving in a cache an original data wherein access is required to one or more variants of the original data while the variants do not reside in the cache; and
providing access to one or more of the variants from the cache by using one or more delta data operable to be applied against the original data to produce the variants of the original data with the deltas residing in the cache. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. The method of reducing cache storage requirements having executable instructions, comprising the steps of:
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identifying an original data in a cache;
locating one or more variants of the original data in the cache;
producing one or more delta data by noting one or more differences between the original data and the variants; and
purging the variants from the cache. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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16. A method of producing derivatives from an original data having, executable instructions comprising the steps of:
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identifying an original data residing in a cache;
identifying one or more variants of the original data;
producing one or more delta data by recording the difference between each variant and the original data; and
retaining in the cache the original data and the delta data.
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