Patents by Inventor Garrett Herschleb

Garrett Herschleb 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).

  • Passing parameters by implicit reference
    Patent number: 7356812
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a method includes receiving a program code that includes a first calling function having a call instruction to call a first called function that passes, by reference, a variable as a parameter of a number of parameters. The method also includes compiling the program code to generate compiled instructions. The compiled instructions do not include a compiled instruction to load the variable onto a call stack, during execution, based on the call instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Garrett Herschleb
  • Passing parameters by implicit reference
    Publication number: 20050071846
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a method includes receiving a program code that includes a first calling function having a call instruction to call a first called function that passes, by reference, a variable as a parameter of a number of parameters. The method also includes compiling the program code to generate compiled instructions. The compiled instructions do not include a compiled instruction to load the variable onto a call stack, during execution, based on the call instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2003
    Publication date: March 31, 2005
    Inventor: Garrett Herschleb