Patents by Inventor Gareth Anthony Knight

Gareth Anthony Knight 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 performing native binding
    Patent number: 8108842
    Abstract: A native binding technique is provided for inserting calls to native functions during translation of subject code to target code, such that function calls in the subject program to subject code functions are replaced in target code with calls to native equivalents of the same functions. Parameters of native function calls are transformed from target code representations to be consistent with native code representations, native code calling conventions, and native function prototypes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander B. Brown, Geraint M. North, Frank Thomas Weigel, Gareth Anthony Knight
  • Dynamic native binding
    Patent number: 8091076
    Abstract: A native binding technique is provided for insetting calls to native functions during translation of subject code to target code, such that function calls in the subject program to subject code functions are replaced in target code with calls to native equivalents of the same functions. Parameters of native function calls are transformed from target code representations to be consistent with native code representations, native code calling conventions, and native function prototypes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander B. Brown, Geraint M. North, Frank Thomas Weigel, Gareth Anthony Knight
  • DYNAMIC NATIVE BINDING
    Publication number: 20090100416
    Abstract: A native binding technique is provided for insetting calls to native functions during translation of subject code to target code, such that function calls in the subject program to subject code functions are replaced in target code with calls to native equivalents of the same functions. Parameters of native function calls are transformed from target code representations to be consistent with native code representations, native code calling conventions, and native function prototypes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2008
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Applicant: TRANSITIVE LIMITED
    Inventors: Alexander B. BROWN, Geraint M. NORTH, Frank Thomas WEIGEL, Gareth Anthony KNIGHT
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING NATIVE BINDING
    Publication number: 20090094586
    Abstract: A native binding technique is provided for inserting calls to native functions during translation of subject code to target code, such that function calls in the subject program to subject code functions are replaced in target code with calls to native equivalents of the same functions. Parameters of native function calls are transformed from target code representations to be consistent with native code representations, native code calling conventions, and native function prototypes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Applicant: TRANSITIVE LIMITED
    Inventors: Alex BROWN, Geraint NORTH, Frank Thomas WEIGEL, Gareth Anthony KNIGHT
  • Method and apparatus for performing native binding to execute native code
    Patent number: 7434209
    Abstract: A native binding technique is provided for inserting calls to native functions during translation of subject code to target code, such that function calls in the subject program to subject code functions are replaced in target code with calls to native equivalents of the same functions. Parameters of native function calls are transformed from target code representations to be consistent with native code representations, native code calling conventions, and native function prototypes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Transitive Limited
    Inventors: Alex Brown, Geraint North, Frank Thomas Weigel, Gareth Anthony Knight