Patents by Inventor Ian E. Gorman

Ian E. Gorman 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).

  • Memory garbage collection method and apparatus
    Publication number: 20020078002
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of efficiently reclaiming computer memory, which may be applied in a real-time system. The efficient garbage collector method and apparatus embodiments run concurrently with application threads, and operate correctly while the application threads are obtaining and releasing memory blocks. Newly allocated blocks will not be reclaimed, and blocks that go out of use during a collection cycle will be reclaimed in the next cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2000
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Inventors: Thomas Mark Walter Bottomley, Ian E. Gorman
  • Memory garbage collection method and apparatus
    Publication number: 20020073103
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of efficiently reclaiming computer memory, which may be applied in a real-time system. The efficient garbage collector method and apparatus embodiments run concurrently with application threads, and operate correctly while the application threads are obtaining and releasing memory blocks. Newly allocated blocks will not be reclaimed, and blocks that go out of use during a collection cycle will be reclaimed in the next cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2000
    Publication date: June 13, 2002
    Inventors: Thomas Mark Walter Bottomley, Ian E. Gorman