Patents by Inventor Navin Sinha

Navin Sinha 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).

  • Optimization of calls in programming languages using pointers for passing reference parameters
    Patent number: 6721945
    Abstract: A method and computer program product for executing procedure calls, such as procedure calls in the C programing language. For a procedure call, reference parameters are identified, and replaced by respective scalar variables. The scalar values are propagated to a call site and directly accessible by the calling procedure body. As such, the scalar variables are global in scope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Navin Sinha