Michael Stumm: Patents

Details of U.S. Patent 8,869,172 B2

Title: Method and system method and system for exception-less system calls for event driven programs
Inventors: Livio Soares and Michael Stumm
Issued: October 21, 2014
Number: 8,869,172 B2
Filing number: 13/633,032
Filing date: October 1, 2012

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Abstract:

A method and system is disclosed which alters the performance of computer systems to make exception-less system calls, thus avoiding or reducing the direct and indirect overheads associated with making an exception-based system call. The invention can be employed with single core processor systems and with multi-core processor systems.

Classification:

United States Patent Classifications (USPC): 719/318

International Patent Classifications (IPC): G06F 3/00, G06F 9/44, G06F 9/46, G06F 13/00, G06F 3/06

61/541,161; 61/541,164; 2013/0290644 A1

BibTeX:

@patent(ExceptionlessEventDriven-Patent-8869172,
    title = {Method and system method and system for exception-less system calls for event driven programs},
    author = {Livio Soares and Michael Stumm},
    number = {8,869,172 B2},
    year = {2014},
    month = {October},
    day = {21},
    yearfiled = {2012},
    monthfiled = {October},
    dayfiled = {1},
    filing_num = {13/633,032},
)