Patent №
US 6,594,708
Granted
2003-07-15
Filed 1998
Owner
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC.
Lab
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AI components
1
hardware
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
09048333
A method and apparatus for providing memory functionality to object-oriented client software components of a computer system having a CPU using a first set of memory classes, each class of the first set being platform-independent; a second set of memory classes, each class of the second set being a subclass of a class of the first set and being platform-dependent; and performing client component memory functions by accessing only objects of classes of the first set. Descriptions of the classes and methods are provided, enabling platform-independent device drivers to be implemented.
AI classification
Ownership
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC.
assignment · 91860453
Assignors
SLAUGHTER, GREGORY K., SAULPAUGH, THOMAS, BOPARDIKAR, SUNIL K., LI, ZI-HUI
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.