Patent · US Expired

System for dynamically constructing an executable computer program

US7155701B1 · kind B1 · utility

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6References

99Claims

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Assignee

Oracle Corporation · US

Inventors

R. Scott Gongwer · Acton, US
Joseph J. Tamburino · Hudson, US
Kurt T. Larson · Watertown, US
Bill Baker · Tyler, US

Key dates

Filing date	May 30, 1997
Grant date	Dec 26, 2006
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 23, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S707/99944
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An executable computer program is dynamically constructed by tightly coupling a plurality of dynamically loadable modules. Each modules includes a fully encapsulated function which is typically called from another module. A registration system is employed to associate a pointer with each defined function. In the modules, at run time, each function call is resolved using the associated pointer from the registration system. In particular, each function call is dereferenced by the associated pointer. Consequently, the resulting executable computer program is both flexible and efficient.

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