Patents by Inventor Ali Ozer

Ali Ozer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Transparent local and distributed memory management system
    Patent number: 6304884
    Abstract: 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 to a new object or a new program or data structure can be reclaimed. According to the present invention an autorelease pool is created at the beginning of a new duty cycle. The autorelease pool retains the newly allocated memory space during the duty cycle. The autorelease pool is automatically disposed of at the end of the duty cycle. As a result of disposing the autorelease pool, the newly allocated memory space is reclaimed (i.e., deallocated). The present invention is useful in distributed networks where different programming conventions on remote and local machines made the prior art's memory management task particularly difficult. The present invention is also useful in an object-oriented programming environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2001
    Assignee: NeXT Software, Inc.
    Inventors: Blaine Garst, Ali Ozer, Bertrand Serlet, Trey Matteson
  • Transparent local and distributed memory management system
    Patent number: 6026415
    Abstract: 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 to a new object or a new program or data structure can be reclaimed. According to the present invention an autorelease pool is created at the beginning of a new duty cycle. The autorelease pool retains the newly allocated memory space during the duty cycle. The autorelease pool is automatically disposed of at the end of the duty cycle. As a result of disposing the autorelease pool, the newly allocated memory space is reclaimed (i.e., deallocated). The present invention is useful in distributed networks where different programming conventions on remote and local machines made the prior art's memory management task particularly difficult. The present invention is also useful in an object-oriented programming environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2000
    Assignee: NeXT Software, Inc.
    Inventors: Blaine Garst, Ali Ozer, Bertrand Serlet, Trey Matteson
  • Transparent local and distributed memory management system
    Patent number: 5687370
    Abstract: 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 to a new object or a new program or data structure can be reclaimed. According to the present invention an autorelease pool is created at the beginning of a new duty cycle. The autorelease pool retains the newly allocated memory space during the duty cycle. The autorelease pool is automatically disposed of at the end of the duty cycle. As a result of disposing the autorelease pool the newly allocated memory space is reclaimed (i.e., deallocated). The present invention is useful in distributed networks where different programming conventions on remote and local machines made the prior art's memory management task particularly difficult. The present invention is also useful in an object-oriented programming environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 11, 1997
    Assignee: NeXT Software, Inc.
    Inventors: Blaine Garst, Ali Ozer, Bertrand Serlet, Trey Matteson