18910233. METHODS AND DEVICES FOR MEMORY MANAGEMENT (Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.)

METHODS AND DEVICES FOR MEMORY MANAGEMENT

Organization Name

Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor(s)

Philip Cockram of London GB

METHODS AND DEVICES FOR MEMORY MANAGEMENT

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18910233 titled 'METHODS AND DEVICES FOR MEMORY MANAGEMENT

Original Abstract Submitted

A method of memory management for a video game, the method comprising the steps of: loading a first asset into a memory; determining a likelihood of a respective other asset from a plurality of other assets being used within a predetermined period of time from the first asset being loaded into the memory; identifying one or more of the other assets in dependence upon the determined likelihood of a respective other asset; and preloading the one or more identified assets into the memory in response to the first asset being loaded into the memory.