Patents by Inventor Eirich Thomas

Eirich Thomas 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).

  • Method and apparatus for distinguishing reachable objects and non-reachable objects in an object-based application
    Patent number: 6889303
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a method for distinguishing reachable objects and non-reachable objects in an object-based application in a system with a volatile memory and a non-volatile memory. The object-based application operates in the non-volatile memory on the objects, whereof at least one is a root object. Each root object is processed by writing for each object that is reachable from the root object, a positive reachability information into the volatile memory and marking those objects in the non-volatile memory as reusable memory, for which no positive reachability information is present in the volatile memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Baentsch, Peter Buhler, Eirich Thomas, Frank Hoering, Marcus Oestreicher
  • Method and apparatus for distinguishing reachable objects and non-reachable objects in an object-based application
    Publication number: 20030177327
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a method for distinguishing reachable objects and non-reachable objects in an object-based application in a system with a volatile memory and a non-volatile memory. The object-based application operates in the non-volatile memory on the objects, whereof at least one is a root object. Each root object is processed by writing for each object that is reachable from the root object, a positive reachability information into the volatile memory and marking those objects in the non-volatile memory as reusable memory, for which no positive reachability information is present in the volatile memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2003
    Publication date: September 18, 2003
    Inventors: Michael Baentsch, Peter Buhler, Eirich Thomas, Frank Hoering, Marcus Oestreicher