Patents by Inventor Yan J. Arrouye

Yan J. Arrouye 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 “just-in-time” dynamic loading and unloading of computer software libraries
    Patent number: 7171674
    Abstract: A method and system for providing “just-in-time” dynamic loading and unloading of libraries. Library code is loaded into memory just prior to the actual execution of a routine in that library and is unloaded from memory after the execution of the library routine is completed. According to the present invention, a library structure having a library loader and a library implementation module. The library loader provides the same entry points as the library itself and contains code to drive the loading and unloading of the library implementation module which actually contains the code to implement the library call. At the beginning of the execution of an application or other software module, the library loaders for libraries needed by that application or other software module, are loaded into memory and unloaded upon completion of that application or other software module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Apple Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: Yan J. Arrouye, Sean J. Findley, Keith L. Mortensen
  • Method and apparatus for "just-in-time" dynamic loading and unloading of computer software libraries
    Publication number: 20040015877
    Abstract: A method and system for providing “just-in-time” dynamic loading and unloading of libraries. Library code is loaded into memory just prior to the actual execution of a routine in that library and is unloaded from memory after the execution of the library routine is completed. According to the present invention, a library structure having a library loader and a library implementation module. The library loader provides the same entry points as the library itself and contains code to drive the loading and unloading of the library implementation module which actually contains the code to implement the library call. At the beginning of the execution of an application or other software module, the library loaders for libraries needed by that application or other software module, are loaded into memory and unloaded upon completion of that application or other software module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2001
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Inventors: Yan J. Arrouye, Sean J. Findley, Keith L. Mortensen
  • Method and apparatus for “Just-in-Time” dynamic loading and unloading of computer software libraries
    Patent number: 6314566
    Abstract: A method and system for providing “just-in-time” dynamic loading and unloading of libraries. Library code is loaded into memory just prior to the actual execution of a routine in that library and is unloaded from memory after the execution of the library routine is completed. According to the present invention, a library structure having a library loader and a library implementation module. The library loader provides the same entry points as the library itself and contains code to drive the loading and unloading of the library implementation module which actually contains the code to implement the library call. At the beginning of the execution of an application or other software module, the library loaders for libraries needed by that application or other software module, are loaded into memory and unloaded upon completion of that application or other software module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2001
    Assignee: Apple Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: Yan J. Arrouye, Sean J. Findley, Keith L. Mortensen