Patents by Inventor Ruth Willenborg

Ruth Willenborg 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, system, and computer program product for light weight memory leak detection
    Publication number: 20060277440
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method, system, and computer program product for light weight memory leak detection. A method in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention comprises: obtaining raw free memory statistics; approximating free memory after garbage collection from the raw free memory statistics; and analyzing the approximated free memory after garbage collection to identify a potential memory leak. A method in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: obtaining raw free memory statistics; generating a vector of memory leak indicators from the raw free memory statistics; comparing the vector of memory leak indicators against a plurality of vectors of the same memory leak indicators for known memory leak scenarios; and identifying a potential memory leak based on the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2005
    Publication date: December 7, 2006
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robbie Minshall, Ruth Willenborg