Patents by Inventor Geoffrey Dreher

Geoffrey Dreher 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).

  • System and method for managing memory
    Patent number: 7430586
    Abstract: A method and system for accessing data by an application program is disclosed. The application program issues a data request to a data storage system. In response, the data storage system loads into memory a data node corresponding to the data request. The data node is stored as part of a data structure. The data storage system returns a reference to the application program, which is then used to access the node. The application program may further instruct the data storage system to de-allocate a node when available memory is low or when it is no longer using the node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Assignee: Zoran Corporation
    Inventors: Elliott Bradshaw, Geoffrey Dreher
  • System and method for managing memory
    Publication number: 20030195943
    Abstract: A method and system for accessing data by an application program is disclosed. The application program issues a data request to a data storage system. In response, the data storage system loads into memory a data node corresponding to the data request. The data node is stored as part of a data structure. The data storage system returns a reference to the application program, which is then used to access the node. The application program may further instruct the data storage system to de-allocate a node when available memory is low or when it is no longer using the node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2002
    Publication date: October 16, 2003
    Inventors: Elliott Bradshaw, Geoffrey Dreher