Patents by Inventor Kim A. Barrett

Kim A. Barrett 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 system for incremental stack scanning
    Patent number: 6769004
    Abstract: An incremental garbage collector and method of incremental garbage collection useful for systems with real-time requirements, including a method for incrementally scanning multiple program stacks in units of individual stack locations. Methods and system allow the garbage collector to be preempted by the system and then return to garbage collection without rescanning any portion of a partially completed stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Assignee: iRobot Corporation
    Inventor: Kim A. Barrett
  • Method and system for incremental stack scanning
    Publication number: 20030126352
    Abstract: An incremental garbage collector and method of incremental garbage collection useful for systems with real-time requirements, including a method for incrementally scanning multiple program stacks in units of individual stack locations. Methods and system allow the garbage collector to be preempted by the system and then return to garbage collection without rescanning any portion of a partially completed stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2001
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Inventor: Kim A. Barrett