Patents by Inventor Alain Geffaut

Alain Geffaut 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).

  • BACKGROUND TASK RESOURCE CONTROL
    Publication number: 20160034308
    Abstract: Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are provided for controlling resource access for background tasks. For example, a background task created by an application may utilize a resource (e.g., CPU cycles, bandwidth usage, etc.) by consuming resource allotment units from an application resource pool. Once the application resource pool is exhausted, the background task is generally restricted from utilizing the resource. However, the background task may also utilize global resource allotment units from a global resource pool shared by a plurality of applications to access the resource. Once the global resource pool is exhausted, unless the background task is a guaranteed background task which can consume resources regardless of resource allotment states of resource pools, the background task may be restricted from utilizing the resource until global resource allotment units within the global resource pool and/or resource allotment units within the application resource pool are replenished.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Arun Kishan, Hari Pulapaka, Alain Geffaut, Alex Bendetov, Pedro Miguel Sequeira de Justo Teixeira
  • BACKGROUND TASK RESOURCE CONTROL
    Publication number: 20130191541
    Abstract: Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are provided for controlling resource access for background tasks. For example, a background task created by an application may utilize a resource (e.g., CPU cycles, bandwidth usage, etc.) by consuming resource allotment units from an application resource pool. Once the application resource pool is exhausted, the background task is generally restricted from utilizing the resource. However, the background task may also utilize global resource allotment units from a global resource pool shared by a plurality of applications to access the resource. Once the global resource pool is exhausted, unless the background task is a guaranteed background task which can consume resources regardless of resource allotment states of resource pools, the background task may be restricted from utilizing the resource until global resource allotment units within the global resource pool and/or resource allotment units within the application resource pool are replenished.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Arun Kishan, Hari Pulapaka, Alain Geffaut, Alex Bendetov, Pedro Miguel Sequeira de Justo Teixeira