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METHOD FOR MANAGING STORAGE OF DATA BY STORING BUFFER POINTERS OF DATA COMPRISING A SEQUENCE OF FRAMES IN A MEMORY LOCATION DIFFERENT FROM A MEMORY LOCATION FOR POINTERS OF DATA NOT COMPRISING A SEQUENCE OF FRAMES

  • US 6,374,314 B1
  • Filed: 09/28/1998
  • Issued: 04/16/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/28/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of managing storage of data comprising:

  • assigning a first one of a plurality of buffer pointers to a first frame of data and storing the first frame of data in a location in memory identified by the assigned first buffer pointer;

    determining whether the first frame of data comprises one of a sequence of frames;

    storing the assigned buffer pointer in a first location when the first frame of data comprises one of a sequence of frames and a different location when the first frame of data does not comprise one of a sequence of frames;

    assigning a second one of the plurality of buffer pointers to a last frame of data in a sequence of frames to identify the first and last frame of a sequence of data, and storing the last frame of data in a location in memory identified by the assigned second buffer pointer;

    after storing the first and second assigned buffer pointers, processing the sequence of frames of data stored in locations in memory using the stored first and second assigned buffer pointers; and

    reassigning the assigned buffer pointers to a group of unassigned buffer pointers after processing the sequence of frames of data.

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