Patent ID: 8706736

Claim:
A method comprising: establishing a first base entry of a predefined base width and comprising a first data field and a subtype field, the subtype field specifying that at least one additional base entry will be combined with the first base entry to form an extended entry for storing specified data; establishing a second base entry of the predefined base width and comprising a second data field; obtaining the specified data; determining the specified data exceeds a data length supported by the first data field; storing the specified data across the first and second base entries by: separating the specified data into a first portion and a second portion; storing the first portion in the first data field; storing the second portion in the second data field; obtaining a key type value comprising a base type field value and a subtype field value, the subtype field value identifying, as the extended entry for storing the specified data, a combination of the first base entry and the second base entry; and storing the key type value in the first base entry; and storing the key type value in the second base entry, where the key type value stored in the second base entry is the same as the key type value stored in the first base entry.