http://peertopatent.org/patent/20080104353/activity A modified buddy system memory allocator of an apparatus in an example receives a request for a size of memory. The modified buddy system memory allocator identifies a plurality of contiguous, differently-sized memory blocks that are each smaller than the size of memory from the request. The modified buddy system memory allocator allocates the plurality of contiguous, differently-sized memory blocks to satisfy the request for the size of memory. en-us Modified buddy system memory allocation For future reference, I've found that prior art entries can be edited after submission. :-) Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:24:44 -0700 http://peertopatent.org/patent/20080104353/discussion Modified buddy system memory allocation Thanks fr the tip. I looked for something like that but apparently didn't find it. The second posting grumbled about a missing field and when I filled in that field and sent it, I discovered that the grumble had wiped out the file name to be uploaded. Nothing's easy. :-) Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:52:04 -0700 http://peertopatent.org/patent/20080104353/discussion