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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7380091 | Heap memory management using a tri-linked list A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture provide the ability to efficiently and effectively manage memory. A tri-linked list/tree of deallocated memory units available for use by a heap are used. A first link points to units smaller than a current block size,... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7272698 | Heap memory management A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture provide the ability to efficiently and effectively manage memory. A file is broken into multiple memory blocks that are managed as nodes in a heap tree. A request to access memory at a linear file address is received. ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7000197 | Method and apparatus for inferred selection of objects One or more embodiments of the invention comprises a collection of techniques to infer the real construction of a collection of graphical elements. Typically the underlying graphical elements of a physical object have a parent-child relationship in the graphical dis... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6392662 | Draw order preservation in a computer-implemented graphics system A user-selectable option for preserving draw order upon selection of an object displayed on a monitor. Once the object is selected from among a plurality of objects displayed on the monitor, at least a portion of an area displayed on the monitor is redraw... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6353441 | Visual annotative clipping in a computer-implemented graphics system A computer-implemented graphics program performs visual annotative clipping, wherein the graphics objects in a document that include one or more clear zones are identified and collected into a clear zone list, and then all graphics objects in the document... | 03/05/2002 |
