Patents by Inventor Pieter H. Hartel

Pieter H. Hartel 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 apparatus for deployment of high integrity software using static procedure return addresses
    Patent number: 7181737
    Abstract: A method for statically allocating a procedure return address includes separating a software program including multiple procedures into a cyclic part and an acyclic part, allocating a static address for the return address of a procedure in the acyclic part and modifying at least one of the procedures to refer to the static address for the procedure return address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Eduard de Jong, Pieter H. Hartel
  • Method and apparatus for deployment of high integrity software using static procedure return addresses
    Publication number: 20030177474
    Abstract: A method for statically allocating a procedure return address includes separating a software program including multiple procedures into a cyclic part and an acyclic part, allocating a static address for the return address of a procedure in the acyclic part and modifying at least one of the procedures to refer to the static address for the procedure return address.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2002
    Publication date: September 18, 2003
    Applicant: Sun Microsystems, Inc., a Delaware Corporation
    Inventors: Eduard de Jong, Pieter H. Hartel