| 6336113 |
Data management method and data management apparatus |
| Jan-1-2002 |
A data management method is first used for registering the plurality of entry data having n-bit length and performing match retrieval by masking a (n-m(i)) bit from the least significant bit side, whereby... |
| 6327701 |
Method and apparatus for finding bugs related to garbage collection in a virtual machine |
| Dec-4-2001 |
A method and apparatus for finding bugs related to garbage collection in a virtual machine. For each possible garbage collection point in a stream of execution, a compiler in the virtual machine provides... |
| 6327597 |
Method, memory system, and computer program product for implementing lock based delayed space recycle control |
| Dec-4-2001 |
A method, memory system, and computer program product are provided for implementing lock based delayed space recycle control. The memory space recycle method is used with a memory in a computer system.... |
| 6327596 |
Methods, apparatus, and product for distributed garbage collection |
| Dec-4-2001 |
In accordance with the present invention a process is provided for allocating and deallocating resources in a distributed processing system having a requester platform and a server platform. The process... |
| 6324550 |
Data object identification and removal system |
| Nov-27-2001 |
A cleaner task for a computer system having a plurality of tasks for performing computing functions on objects is disclosed. References between objects form directed graphs. The cleaner task discovers... |
| 6324549 |
Distributed system and memory management device, method, and storage medium |
| Nov-27-2001 |
A remote access managing means of a module manages each of an object that references an outside object and an object that is referenced from the outside by adding a reference weight to each object. In... |
| 6321240 |
Data structure partitioning with garbage collection to optimize cache utilization |
| Nov-20-2001 |
Fields which are individually addressable data elements in data structures are reordered to improve the efficiency of cache line access. Temporal data regarding the referencing of such fields is obtained,... |
| 6321239 |
Efficient volume copy using pre-configuration of log structured target storage |
| Nov-20-2001 |
Source data is more efficiently copied to log structured target storage by pre-configuring the target storage. The invention may be practiced in a system including a host, a storage controller, and the... |
| 6317872 |
Real time processor optimized for executing JAVA programs |
| Nov-13-2001 |
An improved computer architecture and system advantageously combine the beneficial characteristics of a high level object oriented programming language with an optimized processor for efficient application... |
| 6317869 |
Method of run-time tracking of object references in Java programs |
| Nov-13-2001 |
Many programming languages utilize reference pointers in computer code. Furthermore, some of these programming languages perform memory management in the form of garbage collection. Once such language... |
| 6317756 |
On-the-fly garbage collector |
| Nov-13-2001 |
A method for performing garbage collection of memory objects in a memory heap, the method includes the steps of partitioning the heap into old and new generations. There follows the step of applying an... |
| 6314437 |
Method and apparatus for real-time secure file deletion |
| Nov-6-2001 |
A method and apparatus are provided that enhance file system calls to a file system structure of an operating system. In particular, file system calls can be enhanced to provide real-time secure file deletion... |
| 6314436 |
Space-limited marking structure for tracing garbage collectors |
| Nov-6-2001 |
A data processing method and apparatus are described for tracing paths through stored data structures defined by data objects coupled by identifying pointers and within a contiguous area of memory. A fixed... |
| 6314435 |
Methods, apparatus, and product for distributed garbage collection |
| Nov-6-2001 |
In accordance with the present invention a process is provided for allocating and deallocating resources in a distributed processing system having a requester platform and a server platform. The process... |
| 6308319 |
Thread suspension system and method using trapping instructions in delay slots |
| Oct-23-2001 |
By encoding an exception triggering value in storage referenced by an instruction in the delay slot of a delayed control transfer instruction coinciding with a safe point, an efficient coordination mechanism... |
| 6308185 |
Methods and apparatus for generational dynamic management of computer memory |
| Oct-23-2001 |
The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for performing generational garbage collection within computer memory. According to one aspect of the present invention, a computer-implemented method... |
| 6304949 |
Data processor with localized memory reclamation |
| Oct-16-2001 |
A data processing apparatus for handling multi-thread programs comprises a data processor coupled with a random-access memory (HM) containing a plurality of data objects (DO). Each data object is accessed... |
| 6304884 |
Transparent local and distributed memory management system |
| Oct-16-2001 |
The present invention discloses a system for transparent local and distributed memory management. The invention overcomes the prior art's requirement of keeping track of whether a memory space allocated... |
| 6295640 |
Method and apparatus for distinguishing reference values from non-reference values in a runtime environment |
| Sep-25-2001 |
A method and apparatus for distinguishing reference values from non-reference values in a runtime environment is described. A set of volatile registers and a set of non-volatile registers are statically... |
| 6292883 |
Converting program-specific virtual machine instructions into variable instruction set |
| Sep-18-2001 |
A source program is executed on microcontroller core 114 of a processing unit 100. The core 114 is capable of native instructions from a predetermined set of micro-controller specific instructions. In... |
| 6289360 |
Method and system for eliminating synchronization between sweep and allocate in a concurrent garbage collector |
| Sep-11-2001 |
A computer-implemented method for eliminating synchronization between sweep and allocate in respect of a newly created object in a concurrent garbage collector for a heap implemented in shared memory having... |
| 6289357 |
Method of automatically synchronizing mirrored database objects |
| Sep-11-2001 |
A method of automatically synchronizing a database with a backup database. The method automatically detects whether the backup database has fallen out of sync with the primary database which it mirrors.... |
| 6286016 |
Incremental heap expansion in a real-time garbage collector |
| Sep-4-2001 |
A system that performs real-time garbage collection by dynamically expanding and contracting the heap is provided. This system performs real-time garbage collection in that the system guarantees garbage... |
| 6282621 |
Method and apparatus for reclaiming memory |
| Aug-28-2001 |
A method and apparatus for automatically reclaiming and restoring memory occupied by redundant software components. In a computing environment which permits applications to run in the real-mode as well... |
| 6279091 |
Program execution environment specification method and a recording medium containing the method recorded therein |
| Aug-21-2001 |
The present invention provides a program execution environment specification method capable of carrying out effective management of resources used for execution of a program. When a command to specify... |
| 6279012 |
Reducing the memory footprint of a session duration semispace |
| Aug-21-2001 |
A method and apparatus for performing copying garbage collection is provided. In a computer's memory, objects are stored in a permanent semispace. When a garbage collection event is detected, a garbage... |
| 6275857 |
System and method for freeing shared resources in a computer system |
| Aug-14-2001 |
The present invention relates to systems and methods for freeing shared resources that remain allocated to a particular resource allocating process after the resource allocating process has terminated... |
| 6272504 |
Flexibly deleting objects in a resource constrained environment |
| Aug-7-2001 |
Scheme for the distinguishing of reachable objects and non-reachable objects used by an object-based application in a system with volatile memory of limited size. The object-based application operates... |
| 6263350 |
Method and system for leasing storage |
| Jul-17-2001 |
A method and system for leasing storage locations in a distributed processing system is provided. Consistent with this method and system, a client requests access to storage locations for a period of time... |
| 6263349 |
Method and apparatus for identifying names in ambient computer data |
| Jul-17-2001 |
Ambient data is data created or retained as an artifact of a computer system, rather than by the intention of the user. Ambient data typically includes both textual and binary, i.e., non-textual data.... |
| 6256645 |
Storage manager which sets the size of an initial-free area assigned to a requesting application according to statistical data |
| Jul-3-2001 |
A storage manager located between a plurality of requesting applications and a memory shared between the applications, has: a receiving unit for receiving a present memory access request from a first of... |
| 6256634 |
Method and system for purging tombstones for deleted data items in a replicated database |
| Jul-3-2001 |
A method and system coordinates the purging of tombstones for data items deleted from a directory service database of a message queuing system. The directory service database is a replicated database with... |
| 6253215 |
Method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for facilitating resource management for applications having two types of program code |
| Jun-26-2001 |
Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture consistent with the present invention provide a program component including a set of instructions native to the system, include in the set of native instructions... |
| 6249793 |
Mostly concurrent compaction in a garbage collection system |
| Jun-19-2001 |
A system for mostly concurrent compaction in a garbage collection system is disclosed. Objects that have been allocated to a program are relocated by first identifying those variables pointing to a selected... |
| 6249792 |
On-line dynamic file shrink facility |
| Jun-19-2001 |
An on-line dynamic shrink facility sets an allocation fence in a file and moves data from above the fence to below the fence. The fence is based on a target size for the file. When all the data above the... |
| 6247027 |
Facilitating garbage collection during object versioning for space and time dimensional computing |
| Jun-12-2001 |
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates garbage collection and supports space and time dimensional execution of a computer program. The system executes program instructions... |
| 6247026 |
Method, apparatus, and product for leasing of delegation certificates in a distributed system |
| Jun-12-2001 |
A method, apparatus, and product for leasing a delegation certificate in a distributed processing system is provided. Consistent with this method, apparatus, and product, a delegatee requests from a delegator... |
| 6247025 |
Locking and unlocking mechanism for controlling concurrent access to objects |
| Jun-12-2001 |
A lock/unlock mechanism to control concurrent access to objects in a multi-threaded computer processing system comprises two parts: a thread pointer (or thread identifier), and a one-bit flag called a... |
| 6243720 |
Address translation method and system having a forwarding table data structure |
| Jun-5-2001 |
A forwarding table data structure and a memory optimization process that involves variable multi-stage lookups. The data structure for an address translation system includes, a plurality of blocks, each... |
| 6243716 |
Methods and systems for distributed failure detection and recovery using leasing |
| Jun-5-2001 |
A system for using a lease to detect a failure and to perform failure recovery is provided. In using this system, a client requests a lease from a server to utilize a resource managed by the server for... |
| 6240428 |
Import/export and repartitioning of partitioned objects |
| May-29-2001 |
An object, such as a relational database table, is partitioned into a plurality of subsets. Selected subsets, e.g. partitions, of the object are exported into a dump file, identifying each exported subset... |
| 6237072 |
Memory management with compaction of data blocks |
| May-22-2001 |
A method and apparatus are provided for management of stored data in the form of data blocks interspersed with free blocks in a fixed size system memory. A compaction procedure, periodically applied to... |
| 6237060 |
Cache management techniques |
| May-22-2001 |
In general, a method and apparatus for managing available cache memory in a browser are disclosed. Any document stored in a cache memory not having associated with it a strong reference is subject to being... |
| 6237009 |
Lease renewal service |
| May-22-2001 |
In accordance with methods and systems consistent with the present invention, a lease manager is provided for managing leases between clients and other network services. To use the lease manager, a client... |
| 6233621 |
System and method for space efficient hashcode allocation |
| May-15-2001 |
In summary, the present invention is a multithreaded computer system having a memory that stores a plurality of objects and a plurality of procedures. The system uses a first global hashing procedure to... |
| 6230166 |
System and method for implementing a transaction log |
| May-8-2001 |
Recording transactions using a chronological list superimposed on an indexed list. A transaction log of transaction entries is maintained as a chronological list superimposed on an indexed list. Preferably,... |
| 6226761 |
Post dump garbage collection |
| May-1-2001 |
The operating system or memory management mechanism for a lean client or network computer, or any other data processing system, employs a garbage collection memory management model in which live references... |
| 6226653 |
Method and apparatus for performing generational garbage collection using remembered set counter |
| May-1-2001 |
A method and apparatus are provided for the efficient management of remembered sets in a generational garbage collection scheme. In order to manage the remembered set, the present invention provides a... |
| 6223267 |
Dynamically allocable RAM disk |
| Apr-24-2001 |
A system and method dynamically allocate memory to a RAM disk. Upon a file transfer to the RAM disk, a device driver determines an amount of memory required by the RAM disk then requests the required amount... |
| 6219678 |
System and method for maintaining an association for an object |
| Apr-17-2001 |
A system optimizes representation of associations in an object-oriented programming environment. The system includes a memory and a memory manager. The memory stores a table and a plurality of objects.... |
