Patent ID: 7689784

Claim:
A method, comprising: loading at least one software program module from a storage medium into a local memory of a processor, the storage medium containing a main module and a plurality of sub-modules of the software program; updating an address table, copies of the address table being located in at least one of the storage medium and the local memory, and the address table having at least one entry for each of the modules, each entry including at least one of: (i) a destination address representing an address within the local memory of a processor at which the corresponding module is disposed, and (ii) a source address representing an address within the storage medium at which the corresponding module originates, wherein the destination address of the address table is updated to represent an address within the local memory to which the corresponding module is copied; calling a second software program module from a first software program module, at least the first software program module being within the local memory of the processor; and calling by value the second software program module within a local memory of a further processor from the first software program module, wherein the local memory of the further processor includes an address table having at least one entry for each of the modules, each entry including at least one of: (i) a destination address representing an address within the corresponding local memory at which the corresponding module is disposed, and (ii) a source address representing an address within the storage medium at which the corresponding module originates.