Method of re-formatting data

Details Method of re-formatting data Method of re-formatting data

2007-03-20

2007-03-20

Elmore, Reba I. (Department: 2189)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory

Storage accessing and control

C711S154000, C711S203000

Reexamination Certificate

active

10805571

ABSTRACT:
A data structure is disclosed. The data structure includes a data descriptor record. In turn, the data descriptor record includes a type field, a base address field, an offset field, wherein the, and a length field. The type field may be configured, for example, to indicate a data structure type. The data structure type may be configured to assume a values indicating one of a contiguous buffer, a scatter-gather list and a linked list structure, among other such data structures. The base address field may be configured, for example, to store a base address, with the base address being a starting address of a secondary data structure associated with the data descriptor record. The offset field may be configured, for example, to indicate a starting address of data within a secondary data structure pointed to by a base address stored in the base address field. The length field is configured to indicate a length of data stored in a secondary data structure pointed to by a base address stored in the base address field.

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