Patent ID: 8843655

Claim:
A method, comprising: storing a first data burst including a first address and first data items, the first address indicative of a first location in memory to which a first one of the first data items is directed, the first data burst not including address information for the first data items following the first one of the first data items; identifying a second address of a last one of the first data items based on the first address; storing a second data burst received after the first data burst, the second data burst including a third address and second data items, the third address indicative of a second location in the memory to which a first one of the second data items is directed, the second data burst not including destination information for ones of the second data items following the first one of the second data items; determining whether the third address sequentially follows the second address; and when the third address sequentially follows the second address: deleting the third address from the second data burst; and combining the first and second data bursts to form a third data burst.