Patents by Inventor Tony Ffrench

Tony Ffrench 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).

  • Effective memory management for host objects in a runtime environment with embedded garbage-collected based dynamic language
    Patent number: 9747250
    Abstract: A system for improving memory management in a hybrid programming environment where a server program receives a request to execute a script. The server program instructs an embedded script engine to execute the script. The server program creates a session manager to manage objects associated with the script. The objects are comprised of host objects that reside in a program memory space, and script objects that reside in an embedded script engine memory space. The session manager creates a session associated with the execution of the script, and associated objects created during the execution of the script. Upon receiving notification of completion and/or termination of the execution of the script, the server program requests invalidation and/or deletion of the objects associated with the session. Deletion of host objects immediately releases memory in the program memory space without waiting for the scheduled garbage collection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tony Ffrench, Libra C. Huang, Mei-Jiuang Juang, Timothy J. Smith, Chih-Wen Su, Yi-hong Wang
  • EFFECTIVE MEMORY MANAGEMENT FOR HOST OBJECTS IN A RUNTIME ENVIRONMENT WITH EMBEDDED GARBAGE-COLLECTED BASED DYNAMIC LANGUAGE
    Publication number: 20160283437
    Abstract: A system for improving memory management in a hybrid programming environment where a server program receives a request to execute a script. The server program instructs an embedded script engine to execute the script. The server program creates a session manager to manage objects associated with the script. The objects are comprised of host objects that reside in a program memory space, and script objects that reside in an embedded script engine memory space. The session manager creates a session associated with the execution of the script, and associated objects created during the execution of the script. Upon receiving notification of completion and/or termination of the execution of the script, the server program requests invalidation and/or deletion of the objects associated with the session. Deletion of host objects immediately releases memory in the program memory space without waiting for the scheduled garbage collection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Tony Ffrench, Libra C. Huang, Mei-Jiuang Juang, Timothy J. Smith, Chih-Wen Su, Yi-hong Wang