Patents by Inventor Anthony L. Barbour

Anthony L. Barbour 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).

  • Runtime processor detection and installation of highly tuned processor specific routines
    Patent number: 5857106
    Abstract: In a software library which is made up of a series of modules, both generic modules, and substitute modules are provided. While there need not be a substitute for each of the generic modules, when a substitute module is provided, it is optimized for a particular processor or architecture with which the library is expected to be used. Accordingly, when the processor or architecture is identified when the library is first initialized, the generic modules are replaced by the optimized modules, if any, which are available for use with the identified processor or architecture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1999
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company
    Inventors: Anthony L. Barbour, Bruce E. Blaho