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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2005
Eric Albert, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Alexei Elias Kosut, Mountain View, CA (US);
Matthew George Watson, San Bruno, CA (US);
Steve Zellers, Brookdale, CA (US);
Eric Albert, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Alexei Elias Kosut, Mountain View, CA (US);
Matthew George Watson, San Bruno, CA (US);
Steve Zellers, Brookdale, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A method, computer program and device for the translation of typed data objects in a heterogeneous computational environment is described. The operating system (or installed shared code libraries) translates typed data objects from a first format (e.g., big-endian) to a second format (e.g., little-endian) if the application sending the object and the application receiving the object utilize different formats. By placing data object format translation capabilities into the operating system, the software development effort required to permit an application (e.g., a user-level application) to execute in a heterogeneous environment is significantly reduced.