Patent ID: 7284111
Filing Date: 2007-10-16
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving a first entry to be stored in a memory location, wherein the first entry has a time stamp value and a data value; dividing the time stamp value of the first entry into two or more portions, a first time stamp portion and a second time stamp portion; providing a first pointer memory structure, referred to by a first pointer address, having a head and a body, wherein the head comprises a bit map field and a pointer-to-body field; providing a second pointer memory structure having a head and a body, wherein the head comprises a bit map field and a pointer-to-body field; storing a second pointer address in a first position in the body of the first pointer memory structure based on the first time stamp portion; and indicating the first position in the head of the first pointer, wherein an address stored in the pointer-to-body field added to a value in the bit map field of the first pointer will reference the first position, and the second pointer address points to the second pointer memory structure.