Patents by Inventor Forrest Curtis Foltz

Forrest Curtis Foltz 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).

  • Efficient operating system operation on a hypervisor
    Patent number: 7434003
    Abstract: An operating system is described that is capable of ascertaining whether it is executing in a virtual machine environment and is further capable of modifying its behavior to operate more efficiently and provide optimal behavior in a virtual machine environment. An operating system is enlightened so that it is aware of VMMs or hypervisors, taking on behavior that is optimal to that environment. The VMM or hypervisor informs the operating system of the optimal behavior, and vice versa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Adrian J. Oney, Bryan Mark Willman, Eric P. Traut, Forrest Curtis Foltz, John Te-Jui Sheu, Matthew D. Hendel, Rene Antonio Vega