US Patent 7159051 Free packet buffer allocation

Patent 7159051 was granted and assigned to Intel on January, 2007 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Patent attributes

Current Assignee

Intel

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7159051

Date of Patent

January 2, 2007

Patent Application Number

10668550

Date Filed

September 23, 2003

Patent Primary Examiner

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Fritz Fleming

Patent abstract

According to some embodiments, systems an apparatuses may have a communication path to exchange information packets. A processor may process information packets. A buffer pool cache local to the processor may store free buffer handles for information packets when the buffer pool cache local to the processor is not full. A non-local memory may store the free buffer handles for information packets when the buffer pool cache local to the processor is full.