Patents by Inventor Mark R. Tuttle

Mark R. Tuttle 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: 11232015
    Abstract: A method for verifying source code for a program includes determining that a new version of the source code is available. One or more verification tools are determined to use for verification of the new version of the source code from a verification specification associated with the source code. A plurality of verification tasks to perform for the verification of the new version of the source code are automatically determined from the verification specification associated with the source code. The plurality of verification tasks for the new version of the source code are automatically performed using the one or more verification tools. A determination is then made as to whether the new version of the source code is verified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Juan Rodriguez Hortala, Neha Rungta, Mark R. Tuttle, Serdar Tasiran, Michael Tautschnig, Andrea Nedic, Carsten Varming, John Byron Cook, Sean McLaughlin
  • Publication number: 20200257611
    Abstract: A method for verifying source code for a program includes determining that a new version of the source code is available. One or more verification tools are determined to use for verification of the new version of the source code from a verification specification associated with the source code. A plurality of verification tasks to perform for the verification of the new version of the source code are automatically determined from the verification specification associated with the source code. The plurality of verification tasks for the new version of the source code are automatically performed using the one or more verification tools. A determination is then made as to whether the new version of the source code is verified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Juan Rodriguez HORTALA, Neha RUNGTA, Mark R. TUTTLE, Serdar TASIRAN, Michael TAUTSCHNIG, Andrea NEDIC, Carsten VARMING, John Byron COOK, Sean MCLAUGHLIN
  • Patent number: 10664379
    Abstract: A method for verifying source code for a program includes determining that a new version of the source code is available. One or more verification tools are determined to use for verification of the new version of the source code from a verification specification associated with the source code. A plurality of verification tasks to perform for the verification of the new version of the source code are automatically determined from the verification specification associated with the source code. The plurality of verification tasks for the new version of the source code are automatically performed using the one or more verification tools. A determination is then made as to whether the new version of the source code is verified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Juan Rodriguez Hortala, Neha Rungta, Mark R. Tuttle, Serdar Tasiran, Michael Tautschnig, Andrea Nedic, Carsten Varming, John Byron Cook, Sean McLaughlin
  • Publication number: 20200073783
    Abstract: A method for verifying source code for a program includes determining that a new version of the source code is available. One or more verification tools are determined to use for verification of the new version of the source code from a verification specification associated with the source code. A plurality of verification tasks to perform for the verification of the new version of the source code are automatically determined from the verification specification associated with the source code. The plurality of verification tasks for the new version of the source code are automatically performed using the one or more verification tools. A determination is then made as to whether the new version of the source code is verified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Juan Rodriguez Hortala, Neha Rungta, Mark R. Tuttle, Serdar Tasiran, Michael Tautschnig, Andrea Nedic, Carsten Varming, John Byron Cook, Sean McLaughlin
  • Patent number: 7509351
    Abstract: Logical logging to extend recovery is described. In one aspect, a dependency cycle between at least two objects is detected. The dependency cycle indicates that the two objects should be flushed simultaneously from a volatile main memory to a non-volatile memory to preserve those objects in the event of a system crash. One of the two objects is written to a stable of to break the dependency cycle. The other of the two objects is flushed to the non-volatile memory. The object that has been written to the stable log is then flushed to the stable log to the non-volatile memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: David B. Lomet, Mark R. Tuttle
  • Patent number: 6978279
    Abstract: This invention concerns a database computer system and method for making applications recoverable from system crashes. The application state (i.e., address space) is treated as a single object which can be atomically flushed in a manner akin to flushing individual pages in database recovery techniques. To enable this monolithic treatment of the application, executions performed by the application are mapped to logical loggable operations that can be posted to the stable log. Any modifications to the application state are accumulated and the application state is periodically flushed to stable storage using an atomic procedure. The application recovery integrates with database recovery, and effectively eliminates or at least substantially reduces the need for check pointing applications. In addition, optimization techniques are described to make the read, write, and recovery phases more efficient. Atomic flush sets, whether generated from cyclic flush dependencies or otherwise, can be broken apart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2005
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: David B. Lomet, Mark R. Tuttle