Patents by Inventor Brent E. Rector

Brent E. Rector 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).

  • Runtime system
    Patent number: 9563487
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide an ability to describe, independent of a programming language, one or more interfaces associated with an operating system. Alternately or additionally, a compiler associated with a specific programming language can be configured to map the independent interface description(s) to the specific programming language. In some embodiments, an application can be configured to programmatically determine one or more interfaces of the operating system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC.
    Inventors: Brent E. Rector, Elliot H. Omiya, Jerry J. Dunietz, Martyn S. Lovell, Ales Holecek, Mahesh Prakriya, Stephen C. Rowe, James F. Springfield, Noel R. Cross, Tassaduq H. Basu, Patrick H. Dussud, Raja Krishnaswamy, Steven Edward Lucco
  • RUNTIME SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20140325534
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide an ability to describe, independent of a programming language, one or more interfaces associated with an operating system. Alternately or additionally, a compiler associated with a specific programming language can be configured to map the independent interface description(s) to the specific programming language. In some embodiments, an application can be configured to programmatically determine one or more interfaces of the operating system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Brent E. Rector, Elliot H. Omiya, Jerry J. Dunietz, Martyn S. Lovell, Ales Holecek, Mahesh Prakriya, Stephen C. Rowe, James F. Springfield, Noel R. Cross, Tassaduq H. Basu, Patrick H. Dussud, Raja Krishnaswamy, Steven Edward Lucco
  • Runtime system
    Patent number: 8776094
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide an ability to describe, independent of a programming language, one or more interfaces associated with an operating system. Alternately or additionally, a compiler associated with a specific programming language can be configured to map the independent interface description(s) to the specific programming language. In some embodiments, an application can be configured to programmatically determine one or more interfaces of the operating system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Brent E. Rector, Elliot H. Omiya, Jerry J. Dunietz, Martyn S. Lovell, Ales Holecek, Mahesh Prakriya, Stephen C. Rowe, James F. Springfield, Noel R. Cross, Tassaduq H. Basu, Patrick H. Dussud, Raja Krishnaswamy, Steven Edward Lucco
  • Logical extensions to intermediate code
    Patent number: 8443338
    Abstract: An assembly aggregate comprising a virtual, logical view of an arbitrarily defined collection of intermediate code and metadata can be authored, factored, accessed, modified, and distributed. Multiple physical containers of assembly information can be aggregated to create a single logical assembly called an assembly aggregate. An assembly can thus be redefined as a logical view against (or projection over) the assembly aggregate. Such an assembly can be targeted to the requester: that is, an assembly can be redefined according to tool and/or execution context rather than conforming to explicit or implicit requirements enforced by the runtime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Krzysztof J. Cwalina, Michael C. Fanning, Brian M. Grunkemeyer, Brent E. Rector, Barend H. Venter
  • RUNTIME SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20130042258
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide an ability to describe, independent of a programming language, one or more interfaces associated with an operating system. Alternately or additionally, a compiler associated with a specific programming language can be configured to map the independent interface description(s) to the specific programming language. In some embodiments, an application can be configured to programmatically determine one or more interfaces of the operating system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2011
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Brent E. Rector, Elliot H. Omiya, Jerry J. Dunietz, Martyn S. Lovell, Ales Holecek, Mahesh Prakriya, Stephen C. Rowe, James F. Springfield, Noel R. Cross, Tassaduq H. Basu, Patrick H. Dussud, Raja Krishnaswamy, Steven Edward Lucco
  • LOGICAL EXTENSIONS TO INTERMEDIATE CODE
    Publication number: 20100088669
    Abstract: An assembly aggregate comprising a virtual, logical view of an arbitrarily defined collection of intermediate code and metadata can be authored, factored, accessed, modified, and distributed. Multiple physical containers of assembly information can be aggregated to create a single logical assembly called an assembly aggregate. An assembly can thus be redefined as a logical view against (or projection over) the assembly aggregate. Such an assembly can be targeted to the requester: that is, an assembly can be redefined according to tool and/or execution context rather than conforming to explicit or implicit requirements enforced by the runtime.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2008
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Krzysztof J. Cwalina, Michael C. Fanning, Brian M. Grunkemever, Brent E. Rector, Barend H. Venter