Internal maintenance schedule request for non-volatile...

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2006-08-08

2006-08-08

Ellis, Kevin L. (Department: 2188)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory

Storage accessing and control

Specific memory composition

Reexamination Certificate

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07089349

ABSTRACT:
Methods and apparatus for enabling updates to data structures to be scheduled are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for operating a memory system with a non-volatile memory that includes a plurality of physical blocks and a plurality of data structures including an erase count block involves determining when contents of at least one data structure is to be updated. A request to update the contents of the data structure is queued or scheduled when it is determined that the contents are to be updated, and the request is executed when it effectively reaches the top of the queue.

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