Patent ID: 6968439
Filing Date: 2005-11-22
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer readable medium having stored thereon a data structure for allocating at least a portion of a memory space of a non-volatile memory, the data structure comprising a single segment data object having a header record and a data record, the header record having a segment length field containing data defining a region of the memory space reserved for the data record of the single segment data object and the data record containing at least one data instance object, each data instance object having a data instance header including a data instance state field and a data instance length field, each data instance object further having a data instance data field, the data instance length field containing data defining a length of the data instance data field in the memory space and the data instance data field containing data having an object state corresponding to data contained in the data instance state field, only one of the data instance objects of the data record of the single segment data object having a data instance data field containing data corresponding to a valid object state.