Patents by Inventor ERIC L. BARNESS

ERIC L. BARNESS 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).

  • Program development tool configured to compile source code according to energy consumption requirements
    Patent number: 8522193
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide techniques for presenting energy consumption information in an IDE tool. In one embodiment, the IDE tool may be configured to determine energy requirements associated with specific elements of the source code, and to present graphical indications of energy requirements along with those code elements. Such energy requirements may be determined by matching code elements to a stored data structure describing energy requirements for executing various code elements. The stored data may be based on predefined standards, and/or may be based on historical measurements of energy consumption during prior instances of executing code elements on a target computer system. Additionally, developers may specify priority for compiling portions of source code, according to desired energy requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Eric L. Barness, David L. Darrington, Amanda Peters, John M. Santosuosso
  • PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT TOOL CONFIGURED TO COMPILE SOURCE CODE ACCORDING TO ENERGY CONSUMPTION REQUIREMENTS
    Publication number: 20100205578
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide techniques for presenting energy consumption information in an IDE tool. In one embodiment, the IDE tool may be configured to determine energy requirements associated with specific elements of the source code, and to present graphical indications of energy requirements along with those code elements. Such energy requirements may be determined by matching code elements to a stored data structure describing energy requirements for executing various code elements. The stored data may be based on predefined standards, and/or may be based on historical measurements of energy consumption during prior instances of executing code elements on a target computer system. Additionally, developers may specify priority for compiling portions of source code, according to desired energy requirements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2009
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: ERIC L. BARNESS, DAVID L. DARRINGTON, AMANDA PETERS, JOHN M. SANTOSUOSSO