Patents by Inventor Ann C. Smith

Ann C. Smith 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).

  • Mechanism for integrating user-defined instructions with compiler-generated instructions and for optimizing the integrated instruction stream
    Patent number: 5812854
    Abstract: According to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus and method for integrating a user-defined instruction stream with a compiler-generated instruction stream is provided. The method can be implemented for a variety of source code types and target hardware platforms. The method comprises the steps of translating the compiler-generated instruction stream to a machine-dependent intermediate form, translating the user-defined instruction stream to a machine-dependent intermediate form, integrating the user-defined instruction stream with the compiler-generated instruction stream, and optimizing the integrated instruction stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1998
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Jerome Steinmetz, Ann C. Smith