Patents by Inventor Lindsay William Steventon

Lindsay William Steventon 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).

  • Custom application-compatibility systems and layers
    Publication number: 20030167463
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer-readable medium are provided for creating and dynamically applying a custom application-compatibility fix. A custom database is created for an application that is incompatible with an operating system. The custom database is capable of storing an operating system-provided compatibility fix and an operating system-provided compatibility mode. The operating system-provided compatibility mode is a set of operating system-provided compatibility fixes. A request is received to launch an application. A determination is made as to whether or not there is a custom database for the application to be launched. If there is a custom database for the application to be launched, the operating system-provided compatibility fixes in the custom database are added to a list of compatibility fixes for the application. The listed compatibility fixes are dynamically applied to the requested application and the requested application is launched.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2002
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Applicant: Microsft Corporation
    Inventors: Donald J. Munsil, Corneliu I. Lupu, Lindsay William Steventon, Mark Derbecker