Patents by Inventor David Plauger

David Plauger 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).

  • Parallel and asynchronous debugger and debugging method for multi-threaded programs
    Patent number: 7865883
    Abstract: A debugger for aiding in the debugging of multi-threaded program, in response to an event such as, for example, a breakpoint in a thread which has caused an operating system to stop execution of all threads, identifies the thread which contained the breakpoint. After identifying the thread which contained the breakpoint, the debugger enables the operating system to resume execution of the other threads, that is, the threads which did not contain the breakpoint. By allowing the other threads, that is, the threads which did not contain the breakpoint, to continue execution, the debugger's impact on program execution is substantially reduced, particularly for programs which contain a large number of threads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Oracle America, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven J. Sistare, David Plauger