Patents by Inventor Russ Blake

Russ Blake 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 determining an optimal placement order for code portions within a module
    Patent number: 5752038
    Abstract: A method and system for determining an optimal placement order for code portions within a module to improve locality of reference and reduce the working set of the module are provided. The optimal placement order for code portions within a module reflects the concurrency of usage for code portions during execution of the module. All code portions which execute within a certain period of time are placed in close proximity to each other within the executable module. When determining the optimal placement order for each code portion, the present invention executes an instrumented version of the module to collect execution data for each code portion, analyzes the execution data to determine the optimal placement order for each code portion, and links the code portions according to the determined optimal placement order. The instrumented version of the module contains instructions that, when executed, cause execution data to be recorded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1998
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Russ Blake, M. Reza Baghai, Lee A. Smith