Patents by Inventor David C. Wrighton

David C. Wrighton 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).

  • Patent number: 10127151
    Abstract: An instance of universally shared generic code is generated. A runtime parameter enables the size of a stack frame on which local data can be stored to be determined. Dynamically sized locals can be stored on a stack enabling precise garbage collection reporting. One frame of the stack is allocated for each code segment to simplify GC reporting. A reporting region in the frame memory region comprises a count of locals and a location at which the local is found in the stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC.
    Inventors: David C. Wrighton, Scott D. Mosier, Fadi M. Hanna, Peter F. Sollich, Jan Kotas
  • Patent number: 10120655
    Abstract: Multiple different type hierarchies can communicate in a high performance and seamless manner by sharing a GC and interface dispatch logic. A runtime environment can support multiple independent type hierarchies, each type hierarchy defined by the module which defines the root of a type graph and some other helper functionality. Code that uses the dispatch logic has to follow certain rules in order to maintain GC and type safety. Different types in disjoint type graphs can behave as if they were one type for cross type graph communication purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC.
    Inventors: David C. Wrighton, Scott D. Mosier, Patrick H. Dussud
  • Publication number: 20170351490
    Abstract: Multiple different type hierarchies can communicate in a high performance and seamless manner by sharing a GC and interface dispatch logic. A runtime environment can support multiple independent type hierarchies, each type hierarchy defined by the module which defines the root of a type graph and some other helper functionality. Code that uses the dispatch logic has to follow certain rules in order to maintain GC and type safety. Different types in disjoint type graphs can behave as if they were one type for cross type graph communication purposes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: David C. Wrighton, Scott D. Mosier, Patrick H. Dussud
  • Publication number: 20170329704
    Abstract: An instance of universally shared generic code is generated. A runtime parameter enables the size of a stack frame on which local data can be stored to be determined. Dynamically sized locals can be stored on a stack enabling precise garbage collection reporting. One frame of the stack is allocated for each code segment to simplify GC reporting. A reporting region in the frame memory region comprises a count of locals and a location at which the local is found in the stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: David C. Wrighton, Scott D. Mosier, Fadi M. Hanna, Peter F. Sollich, Jan Kotas
  • Patent number: 9250938
    Abstract: A program entity that generates code but that does not perturb global state is identified. Code produced by the identified program entity can be assigned an identifier and cached the first time it is executed. Subsequent executions of the program entity can eliminate generation of the code and/or translation of the generated code into native binary code. The runtime generated code and native binary code can be cached in a machine-wide cache, or can be added to the metadata of the assembly generated from the source code of the program entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Nathan Herring, David C. Wrighton
  • Patent number: 8296779
    Abstract: Architecture that facilitates performance enhancement in message-based computing across a performance-based interface. When a request from a source is transmitted across the interface to a destination, a filter component in communication with the destination dynamically allows only one or more relevant responses from the destination to transition the interface to the source. This mechanism achieves an even tighter filtering of events while at the same time giving developers more flexibility over the events they choose to register, thereby enhancing the performance of message-based computing architectures by reducing unnecessary computation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Seth M. Demsey, Christopher W. Lorton, Jamie A. de Guerre, David C. Wrighton, Katrina Schaeffer, Michael G. Boilen
  • Publication number: 20100146520
    Abstract: Architecture that facilitates performance enhancement in message-based computing across a performance-based interface. When a request from a source is transmitted across the interface to a destination, a filter component in communication with the destination dynamically allows only one or more relevant responses from the destination to transition the interface to the source. This mechanism achieves an even tighter filtering of events while at the same time giving developers more flexibility over the events they choose to register, thereby enhancing the performance of message-based computing architectures by reducing unnecessary computation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2010
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seth M. Demsey, Christopher W. Lorton, Jamie A. de Guerre, David C. Wrighton, Katrina Schaeffer, Michael G. Boilen
  • Publication number: 20100095284
    Abstract: A program entity that generates code but that does not perturb global state is identified. Code produced by the identified program entity can be assigned an identifier and cached the first time it is executed. Subsequent executions of the program entity can eliminate generation of the code and/or translation of the generated code into native binary code. The runtime generated code and native binary code can be cached in a machine-wide cache, or can be added to the metadata of the assembly generated from the source code of the program entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2008
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Nathan Herring, David C. Wrighton
  • Patent number: 7681204
    Abstract: Architecture that facilitates performance enhancement in message-based computing across a performance-based interface. When a request from a source is transmitted across the interface to a destination, a filter component in communication with the destination dynamically allows only one or more relevant responses from the destination to transition the interface to the source. This mechanism achieves an even tighter filtering of events while at the same time giving developers more flexibility over the events they choose to register, thereby enhancing the performance of message-based computing architectures by reducing unnecessary computation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Seth M. Demsey, Christopher W. Lorton, Jamie A. de Guerre, David C. Wrighton, Katrina Schaeffer, Michael G. Boilen