Patent · US Expired

Dynamic Library Task Switching

US5802368A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 29, 1995
Grant dateSep 1, 1998
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Expiry dateSep 29, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F9/44521
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus for providing per-instance data memory in a dynamic link library (DLL) linked to multiple tasks or to multiple instances of one task in the context of an operating system that does not provide such a feature. The invention includes providing a task switch enhancer DLL that allocates and manages a memory segment to store per-instance data of a DLL for a task as a substitute for an original per-instance data segment for that task.

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