Patents Examined by John Gladstone Miles
  • On-the-fly garbage collector
    Patent number: 6317756
    Abstract: 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 on-the-fly garbage collection to memory objects in the young generation, while running simultaneously a program thread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2001
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Elliot K. Kolodner, Erez Petrank