Patent ID: 9626233
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method comprising: executing a graphical program, a first program, and a second program on a computer system, wherein the graphical program includes a plurality of nodes that visually indicate functionality of the graphical program, wherein the graphical program executes within a graphical program execution environment, wherein the first program and the second program execute externally from the graphical program and the graphical program execution environment, wherein the graphical program execution environment is one or more programs, including a graphical program execution engine, and wherein the graphical program, the first program, and the second program are distinct and separate programs; wherein the graphical program executes via the graphical program execution engine to receive a reference to a block of memory allocated by the first program externally from the graphical program and to pass the reference to the second program; wherein the second program executes to: wherein the graphical program execution environment executes to: