Patent №
US 7,991,808
Granted
2011-08-02
Filed 2008
Owner
APPLE INC.
Lab
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AI components
1
hardware
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
12154271
Per thread garbage collection is disclosed. Objects associated only with a thread that created them are tracked. At a garbage collection time for a particular thread, it is determined which objects associated only with that thread remain reachable from a restricted root set associated with the thread. Any thread-only objects that are not determined to be reachable are garbage collected.
AI classification
Ownership
APPLE INC.
assignment · 210380459
Assignors
GARST, GERALD BLAINE JR., PARKER, GREGORY ROBERT, BEHNKE, DOUGLAS JOSHUA, BEARD, PATRICK C.
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.