Patent ID: 6141737
Filing Date: 2000-10-31
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method for dynamically reconfiguring a maximal size logical cache memory page to store a data object having a size different from the size of a data object previously stored by that logical cache memory page, the method comprising the steps of:(a) at an application server(i) determining an associated size of a data object;(ii) transmitting the data object and the associated size of that data object to a client workstation;(b) at the client workstation(i) receiving the data object and the associated size, wherein the associated size of the data object is smaller than a maximal size of a logical cache memory page;(ii) determining whether one of a plurality of logical cache memory pages is already configured to store data objects having the smaller size of the received data object;(iii) selecting, when no logical cache memory page is already configured to store data objects having the smaller size of the received data object, one of the logical cache memory pages which is the maximal size; and(iv) reconfiguring the selected maximal logical cache memory page into more than two equally-sized blocks for storing data objects having the smaller size of the received data object.