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US6151607A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Database computer system with application recovery and dependency handling write cache

Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC
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Filing: 1999-04-28
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Granted: 2000-11-21
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Expires: 2019-04-28
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Abstract

Abstract This invention concerns a database computer system and method for making applications recoverable from system crashes. The application state (i.e., address space) is treated as a single object which can be atomically flushed in a manner akin to flushing individual pages in database recovery techniques. To enable this monolithic treatment of the application, executions performed by the application are mapped to logical loggable operations which can be posted to the stable log. Any modifications to the application state are accumulated and the application state is periodically flushed to stable storage using an atomic procedure. The application recovery integrates with database recovery, and effectively eliminates or at least substantially reduces the need for check pointing applications. In addition, optimization techniques are described to make the read, write, and recovery phases more efficient.

Inventors

  • 👤 David B. Lomet

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-04 13:40
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F11/00; G06F11/07; G06F11/14; G06F11/1471; G06F2201/00; G06F2201/80; G06F2201/82; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S707/00; Y10S707/99931; Y10S707/99933; Y10S707/99941; Y10S707/99942; Y10S707/99944; Y10S707/99951; Y10S707/99952; Y10S707/99953

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim 96 words
For use on a database computer system having a non-volatile memory, a volatile main memory, a processing unit, a data object stored in the main memory, and an application object stored in the main memory and executed on the processing unit, a cache manager executable on the processor to manage flushing of the data object and the application object from the main memory to the non-volatile memory, the cache manager being configured to detect any cycle dependency between the data object and the application object indicating that the data and application objects should be flushed simultaneously.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 96 words
For use on a database computer system having a non-volatile memory, a volatile main memory, a processing unit, a data object stored in the main memory, and an application object stored in the main memory and executed on the processing unit, a cache manager executable on the processor to manage flushing of the data object and the application object from the main memory to the non-volatile memory, the cache manager being configured to detect any cycle dependency between the data object and the application object indicating that the data and application objects should be flushed simultaneously.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 12 words
A computer-readable medium storing a cache manager as recited in claim 1.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 61 words
A cache manager as recited in claim 1, wherein in response to detecting a cycle dependency, the cache manager writes one of the application object or the data object as a log record to the non-volatile memory to break the dependency cycle so that the application object and data object can be flushed to the non-volatile memory in a sequential manner.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 28 words
A cache manager as recited in claim 1, further comprising an object table which contains entries with information pertaining to both the data object and the application object.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 31 words
A cache manager as recited in claim 4, wherein the object table has one or more fields that contain information for tracking dependencies between the data object and the application object.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 25 words
A cache manager as recited in claim 4, wherein the object table has one or more fields that contain information for tracking the cycle dependencies.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Annuity Stage Window Opens Payment Deadline Surcharge Period Until Estimated Fee Status
3.5 Years (Year 4) 2003-11-21 2004-05-22 2004-11-21 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 2007-11-21 2008-05-22 2008-11-21 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
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