Patents by Inventor Gavin Rolleston

Gavin Rolleston 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).

  • Patent number: 9251043
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and/or computer program product protects a managed runtime from stack corruption due to native code condition handling. A native condition handler, which is associated with a managed runtime, percolates a condition. A condition handler of the managed runtime receives notification of the condition in a native code portion, and the condition handler of the managed runtime marks a thread associated with the condition. Responsive to a determination by the native code handler to resume execution of the marked thread by either call back into or a return to the managed runtime, the managed runtime determines whether a request is associated with the marked thread. Responsive to a determination that the request is associated with the marked thread, the managed runtime performs diagnostics and the managed runtime is terminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Francis J. D. Bogsanyi, Graham A. Chapman, Gavin Rolleston
  • Patent number: 9251042
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and/or computer program product protects a managed runtime from stack corruption due to native code condition handling. A native condition handler, which is associated with a managed runtime, percolates a condition. A condition handler of the managed runtime receives notification of the condition in a native code portion, and the condition handler of the managed runtime marks a thread associated with the condition. Responsive to a determination by the native code handler to resume execution of the marked thread by either call back into or a return to the managed runtime, the managed runtime determines whether a request is associated with the marked thread. Responsive to a determination that the request is associated with the marked thread, the managed runtime performs diagnostics and the managed runtime is terminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Francis J. D. Bogsanyi, Graham A. Chapman, Gavin Rolleston
  • Publication number: 20140281711
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and/or computer program product protects a managed runtime from stack corruption due to native code condition handling. A native condition handler, which is associated with a managed runtime, percolates a condition. A condition handler of the managed runtime receives notification of the condition in a native code portion, and the condition handler of the managed runtime marks a thread associated with the condition. Responsive to a determination by the native code handler to resume execution of the marked thread by either call back into or a return to the managed runtime, the managed runtime determines whether a request is associated with the marked thread. Responsive to a determination that the request is associated with the marked thread, the managed runtime performs diagnostics and the managed runtime is terminated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: FRANCIS J. D. BOGSANYI, GRAHAM A. CHAPMAN, GAVIN ROLLESTON
  • Publication number: 20140281731
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and/or computer program product protects a managed runtime from stack corruption due to native code condition handling. A native condition handler, which is associated with a managed runtime, percolates a condition. A condition handler of the managed runtime receives notification of the condition in a native code portion, and the condition handler of the managed runtime marks a thread associated with the condition. Responsive to a determination by the native code handler to resume execution of the marked thread by either call back into or a return to the managed runtime, the managed runtime determines whether a request is associated with the marked thread. Responsive to a determination that the request is associated with the marked thread, the managed runtime performs diagnostics and the managed runtime is terminated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: FRANCIS J. D. BOGSANYI, GRAHAM A. CHAPMAN, GAVIN ROLLESTON
  • Patent number: 8776033
    Abstract: A batching mechanism is provided that batches multiple Java Native Interface calls together such that the batch crosses the Java Native Interface boundary in a single transition. The batching mechanism operates by identifying a sequence of Java Native Interface calls to be made by native code, by encapsulating the identified sequence of Java Native Interface calls into a batch, and by communicating the batch as a single transition across the Java Native Interface boundary. In this manner, each call of the batch is encapsulated by iteratively performing for each call to be made, processes including identifying the Java Native Interface function to call, identifying the arguments to pass into the Java Native Interface function, dispatching to the Java Native Interface function and capturing the return value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew R. Low, Marcel Mitran, Kishor V. Patil, Gavin Rolleston, Ivan Sham, Karl M. Taylor
  • Publication number: 20120167067
    Abstract: A batching mechanism is provided that batches multiple Java Native Interface calls together such that the batch crosses the Java Native Interface boundary in a single transition. The batching mechanism operates by identifying a sequence of Java Native Interface calls to be made by native code, by encapsulating the identified sequence of Java Native Interface calls into a batch, and by communicating the batch as a single transition across the Java Native Interface boundary. In this manner, each call of the batch is encapsulated by iteratively performing for each call to be made, processes including identifying the Java Native Interface function to call, identifying the arguments to pass into the Java Native Interface function, dispatching to the Java Native Interface function and capturing the return value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Andrew R. Low, Marcel Mitran, Kishor V. Patil, Gavin Rolleston, Ivan Sham, Karl M. Taylor