Patent ID: 9535702
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Claim:
1. An asset management method, said method being implemented on an integrated circuit, wherein the integrated circuit comprises a keys memory for storing keys, each key being associated with a respective asset identifier, and a data memory for storing asset information, said method comprising: receiving an input command related to a first asset comprising a first asset identifier and asset information associated with said first asset, computing a first address to said keys memory from said first asset identifier, said step of computing a first address comprising calculating a hash from said first asset identifier, searching for an entry in said keys memory for said first asset, based on said first address, allocating a new entry in said keys memory for said first asset when it is determined that no entry for said first address has been found in said keys memory, computing a first data address to said data memory for said first asset from the address and position in the keys memory at which an entry has been allocated for said asset, reading a data word in the data memory at said first data address, executing the input command based on the data word read in the data memory at said first data address, and writing back the result to the keys memory and data memory.