Patents by Inventor Ben Mickle

Ben Mickle has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • MANAGEMENT OF EXTERNAL MEMORY FUNCTIONING AS VIRTUAL CACHE
    Publication number: 20140075126
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for managing the caching of data on an auxiliary memory of a computer. Pages of data may be cached on an auxiliary memory, such as a flash memory, at a virtual level using an identifier that does not involve a physical address of the pages on a memory. Pages may be cached on auxiliary memory that may be removable from the computer, e.g., by unplugging the memory from the computer. Page data may be encrypted and/or compressed on the auxiliary memory. An authentication indicator may be used to verify the accuracy of cached data in the case of an interrupted connection to the auxiliary memory, e.g., as a result of computer power down, hibernation, removal of the memory from the computer, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Fortin, Cenk Ergan, Mehmet Iyigun, Yevgeniy Bak, Ben Mickle, Aaron Dietrich, Alexander Kirshenbaum
  • Management of external memory functioning as virtual cache
    Patent number: 8631203
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for managing the caching of data on an auxiliary memory of a computer. Pages of data may be cached on an auxiliary memory, such as a flash memory, at a virtual level using an identifier that does not involve a physical address of the pages on a memory. Pages may be cached on auxiliary memory that may be removable from the computer, e.g., by unplugging the memory from the computer. Page data may be encrypted and/or compressed on the auxiliary memory. An authentication indicator may be used to verify the accuracy of cached data in the case of an interrupted connection to the auxiliary memory, e.g., as a result of computer power down, hibernation, removal of the memory from the computer, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Fortin, Cenk Ergan, Mehmet Iyigun, Yevgeniy Bak, Ben Mickle, Aaron Dietrich, Alexander Kirshenbaum
  • MANAGEMENT OF EXTERNAL MEMORY FUNCTIONING AS VIRTUAL CACHE
    Publication number: 20090150611
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for managing the caching of data on an auxiliary memory of a computer. Pages of data may be cached on an auxiliary memory, such as a flash memory, at a virtual level using an identifier that does not involve a physical address of the pages on a memory. Pages may be cached on auxiliary memory that may be removable from the computer, e.g., by unplugging the memory from the computer. Page data may be encrypted and/or compressed on the auxiliary memory. An authentication indicator may be used to verify the accuracy of cached data in the case of an interrupted connection to the auxiliary memory, e.g., as a result of computer power down, hibernation, removal of the memory from the computer, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Michel Fortin, Cenk Ergan, Mehmet Iyigun, Yevgeniy Bak, Ben Mickle, Aaron Dietrich, Alexander Kirshenbaum