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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 14, 1999
Deloy Pehrson Bitner, Glendale, AZ (US);
Kim Clohessy, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Mikael Orn, Phoenix, AZ (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The invention provides a method for removing code (applications and data) from read-only memory, and compacting the remaining code in memory either as an application is deleted or when there is not sufficient room to hold a new application. One or more “spare” memory segments are reserved for use during compaction. Where the code for removal shares a memory segment with other code that is not to be removed, the other code is copied to a spare memory segment, and then swapped back to its original location. The code can then be compacted to remove the “holes” left by the erased code.