Inventor · Rue de l'Église, CA, US

William B. Buzbee

31Patents
21h-index
14Co-inventors
82Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 13, 1986 → Sep 30, 2011

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6189141A Control path evaluating trace designator with dynamically adjustable thresholds for activation of tracing for high (hot) activity and low (cold) activity of flow control Physics 159 Expired
US6205545A Method and apparatus for using static branch predictions hints with dynamically translated code traces to improve performance Physics 157 Expired
US6115809A Compiling strong and weak branching behavior instruction blocks to separate caches for dynamic and static prediction Physics 134 Expired
US6164841A Method, apparatus, and product for dynamic software code translation system Physics 116 Expired
US5815720A Use of dynamic translation to collect and exploit run-time information in an optimizing compilation system Physics 115 Expired
US6219832A System and method of using annotations to optimize dynamically translated code in the presence of signals Physics 70 Expired
US6199202A Method and apparatus for the inter-operation of differing architectural and run time conventions Physics 59 Expired
US8201026B1 Fault-resistant just-in-time compiler Physics 56 Active
US6247172A Method for a translation system that aggressively optimizes and preserves full synchronous exception state Physics 53 Expired
US5133072A Method for improved code generation in reduced instruction set computers Physics 50 Expired
US5732210A Use of dynamic translation to provide fast debug event checks Physics 48 Expired
US6327704A System, method, and product for multi-branch backpatching in a dynamic translator Physics 46 Expired
US5909578A Use of dynamic translation to burst profile computer applications Physics 42 Expired
US5911073A Method and apparatus for dynamic process monitoring through an ancillary control code system Physics 40 Expired
US5838978A System and method of using annotations to optimize dynamically translated code in the presence of signals Physics 38 Expired
US6148437A System and method for jump-evaluated trace designation Physics 38 Expired
US6223339A System, method, and product for memory management in a dynamic translator Physics 36 Expired
US6275981A Method and system for correlating profile data dynamically generated from an optimized executable program with source code statements Physics 35 Expired
US6314560A Method and apparatus for a translation system that aggressively optimizes and preserves full synchronous exception state Physics 34 Expired
US5713010A Source line tracking in optimized code Physics 27 Expired
US6112280A Method and apparatus for distinct instruction pointer storage in a partitioned cache memory Physics 23 Expired
US5764962A Emulation of asynchronous signals using a branch mechanism Physics 16 Expired
US8359496B1 Fault-resistant just-in-time compiler Physics 13 Active
US6330691A Use of dynamic translation to provide breakpoints in non-writeable object code Physics 12 Expired
US5854928A Use of run-time code generation to create speculation recovery code in a computer system Physics 11 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.