Patents by Inventor Richard R. Rupp

Richard R. Rupp 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).

  • Software compiler and linker with improved line-number table
    Patent number: 5339431
    Abstract: A compiler-linker software system translates a source code file into a machine executable code file. The compiler converts source code files to corresponding object code files. The linker converts the object code files to machine executable code files and tables required for execution. For each procedure, the linker derives one or more tables and one of the tables is a line number table. The line number table identifies the offset of a block of machine executable codes in the procedure with their corresponding source code line number. The construction of the line number table at link-time, not at compile-time, enables all changes to the sequences of machine executable codes and addresses to be accommodated without requiring supplemental processing of the line number table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1994
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company
    Inventors: Richard R. Rupp, Gary A. Coutant, Joseph A. Coha