Transparent context switching for software code

Details Transparent context switching for software code Transparent context switching for software code

2006-01-25

2010-12-28

Kendall, Chuck O (Department: 2192)

Data processing: software development, installation, and managem

Software program development tool

Testing or debugging

C717S133000, C717S153000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07861233

ABSTRACT:
Systems and methods that alleviate programmers of the burden of writing extensive code to implement a context switch for a particular piece of software code. For software code for which a context switch is desired, a declaration of the context and its attributes may be included in the code, along with an indication of the boundaries of the portion of the code to be executed within the context. No further programming for particular piece of code may be necessary in order to implement the context switch. An execution engine may be configured to identify the declaration and the indication of the boundaries, control the generation of the context, and control (or at least initiate) the execution of the software code within the generated context. Thus, from the perspective of the programmer of the piece of code, the context switch may seem transparent.

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Office Action in U.S. Appl. No. 11/339,588 dated May 12, 2010.

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