Inventor
ALEXANDER III WILLIAM PRESTON
US24 patents
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IBM
21 patentsUS6553564B1Apr 22, 2003
Process and system for merging trace data for primarily interpreted methods
IBM95 citations99
US6513155B1Jan 28, 2003
Method and system for merging event-based data and sampled data into postprocessed trace output
IBM129 citations99
US6658652B1Dec 2, 2003
Method and system for shadow heap memory leak detection and other heap analysis in an object-oriented environment during real-time trace processing
IBM448 citations98
US6560773B1May 6, 2003
Method and system for memory leak detection in an object-oriented environment during real-time trace processing
IBM164 citations98
US6338159B1Jan 8, 2002
System and method for providing trace information
IBM133 citations98
US6604210B1Aug 5, 2003
Method and system for detecting and recovering from in trace data
IBM59 citations96
US6507946B2Jan 14, 2003
Process and system for Java virtual method invocation
IBM57 citations96
US6118940ASep 12, 2000
Method and apparatus for benchmarking byte code sequences
IBM144 citations96
US6055492AApr 25, 2000
System and method for providing trace information data reduction
IBM102 citations95
US7269718B2Sep 11, 2007
Method and apparatus for verifying data types to be used for instructions and casting data types if needed
IBM41 citations92
US7657875B2Feb 2, 2010
System and method for collecting a plurality of metrics in a single profiling run of computer code
IBM20 citations84
US7640539B2Dec 29, 2009
Instruction profiling using multiple metrics
IBM10 citations84
US7519961B2Apr 14, 2009
Method and apparatus for averaging out variations in run-to-run path data of a computer program
IBM13 citations84
US7506330B2Mar 17, 2009
Method and apparatus for identifying differences in runs of a computer program due to code changes
IBM17 citations84
US7386690B2Jun 10, 2008
Method and apparatus for hardware awareness of data types
IBM13 citations84
US7328374B2Feb 5, 2008
Method and apparatus for implementing assertions in hardware
IBM16 citations84
US6922828B1Jul 26, 2005
Method and system for detecting common bytecode sequences
IBM7 citations74
US7548989B2Jun 16, 2009
Method and system for maintaining consistency during multi-threaded processing of LDIF data
IBM7 citations73
US7895473B2Feb 22, 2011
Method and apparatus for identifying access states for variables
IBM4 citations63
US5794243AAug 11, 1998
Method and apparatus for executing a binary search in a data cache
IBM4 citations63
US7647457B2Jan 12, 2010
Method and apparatus for hardware awareness of data types
IBM0 citations52