Patents by Inventor Aaron M. Farmer

Aaron M. Farmer 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).

  • Accessing data in a compressed container through dynamic redirection
    Patent number: 9582513
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide access to data in a compressed container through dynamic redirection, without storing decompressed data in persistent memory. The compressed container is stored in a first portion of memory. User data and reference files, with redirect pointers, for accessing corresponding files in the compressed container are stored in a second portion of memory. A command to access data is detected by a computing device. The redirect pointer in the reference file associated with the command redirects access to the corresponding compressed version of data stored in the compressed container. The corresponding accessed compressed version of data is decompressed on the fly and provided in response to the command without storing the decompressed data in persistent memory. Some embodiments provide integrity protection to validate the data coming from the compressed container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Richard A. Pletcher, Malcolm J. Smith, Alain F. Gefflaut, Alex Bendetov, Andrey Shedel, David J. Linsley, Aaron M. Farmer, James Aaron Holmes, Troy E. Shaw, Emily N. Wilson, Innokentiy Basmov, Michael J. Grass, Alex M. Semenko, Scott D. Anderson, Kinshuman Kinshumann
  • ACCESSING DATA IN A COMPRESSED CONTAINER THROUGH DYNAMIC REDIRECTION
    Publication number: 20150161155
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide access to data in a compressed container through dynamic redirection, without storing decompressed data in persistent memory. The compressed container is stored in a first portion of memory. User data and reference files, with redirect pointers, for accessing corresponding files in the compressed container are stored in a second portion of memory. A command to access data is detected by a computing device. The redirect pointer in the reference file associated with the command redirects access to the corresponding compressed version of data stored in the compressed container. The corresponding accessed compressed version of data is decompressed on the fly and provided in response to the command without storing the decompressed data in persistent memory. Some embodiments provide integrity protection to validate the data coming from the compressed container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2013
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Richard A. Pletcher, Malcolm J. Smith, Alain F. Gefflaut, Alex Bendetov, Andrey Shedel, David J. Linsley, Aaron M. Farmer, James Aaron Holmes, Troy E. Shaw, Emily N. Wilson, Innokentiy Basmov, Michael J. Grass, Alex M. Semenko, Scott D. Anderson, Kinshuman Kinshumann