Patents by Inventor Minggiang Xu

Minggiang Xu 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).

  • Automated offloading of user-defined functions to a high performance computing system
    Patent number: 8108466
    Abstract: Technologies are described herein for the automated offloading of the execution of a user-defined function (“UDF”) to a high performance computing (“HPC”) system. When a request is received to calculate a workbook that references a UDF, a spreadsheet application program determines, based upon a tag set by the UDF, whether the UDF is safe for execution on the HPC system. If the UDF is safe for execution on the HPC system, the spreadsheet application program causes the UDF to be executed on the HPC system using a connector that communicates with the HPC system to cause the UDF to be executed thereupon. A container executing on the HPC system emulates interfaces provided by the spreadsheet application program and is utilized to execute the UDF. Results of the execution of the UDF on the HPC system may be returned asynchronously to the connector and to the spreadsheet application program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Chris L Rae, Charles David Ellis, Mark Dalin Parris, Minggiang Xu
  • AUTOMATED OFFLOADING OF USER-DEFINED FUNCTIONS TO A HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20090276482
    Abstract: Technologies are described herein for the automated offloading of the execution of a user-defined function (“UDF”) to a high performance computing (“HPC”) system. When a request is received to calculate a workbook that references a UDF, a spreadsheet application program determines, based upon a tag set by the UDF, whether the UDF is safe for execution on the HPC system. If the UDF is safe for execution on the HPC system, the spreadsheet application program causes the UDF to be executed on the HPC system using a connector that communicates with the HPC system to cause the UDF to be executed thereupon. A container executing on the HPC system emulates interfaces provided by the spreadsheet application program and is utilized to execute the UDF. Results of the execution of the UDF on the HPC system may be returned asynchronously to the connector and to the spreadsheet application program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2008
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chris L. Rae, Charles David Ellis, Mark Dalin Parris, Minggiang Xu