Patents by Inventor Gary M. Barton

Gary M. Barton 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 handling and detecting an invalid use of a data structure
    Patent number: 5819252
    Abstract: A method executed in a computer system for detecting and handling an invalid use of a data structure is described. The method includes the steps of providing a data structure associated with a first computing environment. The data structure includes a field having a value stored therein identifying an inaccessible address in a second computing environment. This field is used in detecting an invalid use of the data structure in the second computing environment by a computer program attempting to access memory using said inaccessible address indicated by said value contained in the first field. Additionally a preferred data structure is described as are alternative embodiments of detecting an invalid use of a data structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Assignee: Digital Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas R. Benson, Michael S. Harvey, Karen L. Noel, Mark E. Arsenault, Leonard S. Szubowicz, Gary M. Barton, Ronald F. Brender, Kenneth W. Cowan, Mark W. Davis, Richard E. Peterson, Cheryl D. Stocks