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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6651245 | System and method for insertion of prefetch instructions by a compiler The present invention discloses a method and device for placing prefetch instruction in a low-level or assembly code instruction stream. It involves the use of a new concept called a martyr memory operation. When inserting prefetch instructions in a code ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6651246 | Loop allocation for optimizing compilers Loop allocation for optimizing compilers includes the generation of a program dependence graph for a source code segment. Control dependence graph representations of the nested loops, from innermost to outermost, are generated and data dependence graph re... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6651247 | Method, apparatus, and product for optimizing compiler with rotating register assignment to modulo scheduled code in SSA form In a computer having rotating registers, a schedule-assigner for allocating the rotating registers. The scheduler-assigner includes a software-pipelined instruction scheduler that generates a first software-pipelined instruction schedule based on an inter... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6651248 | Method and apparatus for efficient interface method dispatch The interface method invocation mechanism of the present invention includes an interface method table (IMT) for a given class of objects. The IMT comprises a table of entries each corresponding to a set S of interface methods that are implemented by objec... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6651249 | Multi-tiered incremental software updating A software application (110) is updated to a newer version by means of incremental update patches (122). The incremental update patches (122) each contain that information necessary to transform one version of an application to another version. Any versio... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6651250 | Digital broadcast receiving system in information processor A digital satellite broadcast receiving system is proposed in which the necessary packets of an MPEG2-based transport stream can be transferred to the system memory of a computer to facilitate processing of packets by a CPU. The system has means for filte... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6651251 | System and method for linking video, services and applications in an interactive television system An interactive television system is provided with an interactive information system by which channels or services interact together. The information system provides informational messages that prompt a user to select an associated channel or service. If s... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6651252 | Method and apparatus for transmitting video and graphics in a compressed form A method and apparatus for compressing and transmitting both video and graphics portions of an interactive program guide (IPG). For an IPG that comprises a graphics portion and at least one video portion, the inventive system separately encodes the video ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6651253 | Interactive system and method for generating metadata for programming events Metadata for a programming event may be generated through an interactive process. A system may receive data corresponding to a programming event. The data may include descriptive information and timing information. The system may then generate preliminary... | 11/18/2003 |
