Patents by Inventor Sam D. Borman

Sam D. Borman 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 dynamically managing storage of data objects generated during execution of a computer program
    Patent number: 7711920
    Abstract: Method and system for managing a heap. A map is employed to indicate which areas of the heap are inaccessible to a program. Such areas constitute garbage which is potentially returnable to a data structure which identifies free storage available for reallocation to the program. By choosing map entries corresponding to portions of storage whose size is of the same order of magnitude as a predetermined minimum unit size for the data structure, a small map can be used. Such a map can be scanned more quickly than a larger map of higher granularity to identify only relatively larger areas of garbage for reallocation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sam D. Borman, Saket Rungta, Andrew D. Wharmby