Patent · US Expired

Method and apparatus for performing native binding to execute native code

US7434209B2 · kind B2 · utility

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114Claims

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Assignee

Transitive Limited · GB

Inventors

Alex Brown · Sheffield, GB
Geraint North · Manchester, GB
Frank Weigel · Riegelsberg, DE
Gareth Anthony Knight · Grafton, GB

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 29, 2003
Grant date	Oct 7, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 28, 2025

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F9/4486
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A native binding technique is provided for inserting calls to native functions during translation of subject code to target code, such that function calls in the subject program to subject code functions are replaced in target code with calls to native equivalents of the same functions. Parameters of native function calls are transformed from target code representations to be consistent with native code representations, native code calling conventions, and native function prototypes.

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