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US 2010/0250829 A1Published application
System, method, and computer program product for sending logical block address de-allocation status information
AssigneeLSI Corporation
InventorRoss John Stenfort
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Abstract
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for sending de-allocation status information. In use, a de-allocation status of at least a portion of memory associated with a logical block address is determined. Additionally, de-allocation status information is generated, based on the determination. Furthermore, the de-allocation status information is sent to a device.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- determining a de-allocation status of at least a portion of memory associated with a logical block address;
- generating de-allocation status information, based on the determination;
- and
- sending the de-allocation status information to a device.
1 more element
A computer program product embodied on a computer readable medium, comprising:
- computer code for determining a de-allocation status of at least a portion of memory associated with a logical block address;
- and
- computer code for generating de-allocation status information, based on the determination;
- and
- computer code for sending the de-allocation status information to a device.
2 more elements
An apparatus, comprising:
- a memory controller for determining a de-allocation status of at least a portion of memory associated with a logical block address, generating de-allocation status information based on the determination, and for sending the de-allocation status information to a device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.