Patents by Inventor Anders Hejlsberg

Anders Hejlsberg 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: 8370801
    Abstract: Architecture that extends existing types including constructed and sealed types using extension methods. Extension methods are static methods that can be invoked using instance method syntax. Extension methods are declared by specifying the keyword “this” as a modifier on the first parameter of the methods. Extension methods have all the capabilities of regular static methods. In addition, once imported, extension methods can be invoked using instance method syntax. Also disclosed are rules for importing extension methods, and extension method invocations. Extension methods are imported through using-namespace-directives. In addition to importing the types contained in a namespace, a using-namespace-directive imports all extension methods in all static classes in the namespace. In effect, imported extension methods appear as additional methods on the types that are given by their first parameter and have lower precedence than regular instance methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Henricus Johannes Maria Meijer, Anders Hejlsberg, Matthew J. Warren, Luca Bolognese, Peter A. Hallam, Gary S. Katzenberger, Dinesh C. Kulkarni
  • Patent number: 8364750
    Abstract: The utilization of data services (such as web services) may involve the invocation of services, which may reduce performance and overburden the server. In some scenarios, the invocation may be specified in a language that does not support batch invocation, but it may not be feasible to re-code the invocations in a language that supports batching. Instead, the service invocations may be automatically translated into a batch logic specified in a batch-capable language and sent to the service as a batch. For example, a local proxy may receive a language-integrated query having two or more service invocations, compile the query into an expression tree including the two or more invocations, and send the expression tree to the service host to achieve the batch processing of the service invocations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Luca Bolognese, Lucas James Hoban, Erik Meijer, Anders Hejlsberg, Matthew J. Warren, Dinesh Chandrakant Kulkarni, Mads Torgersen, John W. Dyer
  • Patent number: 8364751
    Abstract: An operation (such as a relational query) may be processed on a processing engine (such as a relational database server) on behalf of a client. A conventional processing involves the delivery of the operation to the processing engine, which executes the entire operation to completion and returns a result data set. It may be more efficient to allocate part of the operation to be performed on the client, but a developer may be unable or unavailable to rewrite the operation in a distributed manner. Instead, the operation may be automatically partitioned into a pre-engine client portion, a processing engine portion, and a client portion, and the instructions of each portion may be automatically allocated respectively to the client, the server, and the client. The partitioning may be adjusted to conserve computing resources, such as bandwidth and storage, and the instructions may be reordered to improve the processing of the operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Erik Meijer, Dinesh Chandrakant Kulkarni, Matthew J. Warren, Anders Hejlsberg
  • Publication number: 20130007702
    Abstract: A dynamic programming environment includes a dynamic runtime infrastructure configured to receive static metadata as source text in a source code written in a dynamic programming language. The dynamic runtime infrastructure determines an object representation based on the static metadata from the source text in the source code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Lucas J. Hoban, Mark B. Shields, Steven E. Lucco, Charles P. Jazdzewski, Anders Hejlsberg
  • Publication number: 20120324457
    Abstract: The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for representing various programming elements with compiler-generated tasks. Embodiments of the invention enable access to the future state of a method through a handle to a single and composable task object. For example, an asynchronous method is rewritten to generate and return a handle to an instance of a builder object, which represents one or more future states of the asynchronous method. Information about operation of the asynchronous method is then passed through the handle. Accordingly, state of the asynchronous method is trackable prior to and after completing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen Harris Toub, Mads Torgersen, Lucian Jules Wischik, Anders Hejlsberg, Dmitry Lomov, Matthew J. Warren, Robert Eric Lippert
  • Publication number: 20120324431
    Abstract: The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for transforming source code to await execution of asynchronous operations. Embodiments of the invention simplify authoring and use of asynchronous methods, by generating statements that use well-defined awaitable objects to await completion of asynchronous operations. For example, a computer system can transform a statement that requests to await the completion of an asynchronous operation into a plurality of statements that use a predefined pattern of members of an awaitable object corresponding the asynchronous operation. The pattern can include one or more members configured to return a completion status of the asynchronous operation, one or more members configured to resume execution of the asynchronous method at a resumption point when the asynchronous operation completes, and one or more members configured to retrieve completion results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen Harris Toub, Mads Torgersen, Lucian Jules Wischik, Anders Hejlsberg, Niklas Gustafsson, Dmitry Lomov, Matthew J. Warren
  • Patent number: 8275731
    Abstract: Anonymous types for a programming language. Non-denotable anonymous types are types that a compiler generates on behalf of a programmer and can then be used as nominal types. Insofar as anonymous types do not have a name, they can be used only inside a method in which they are created. Additionally, an anonymous type cannot be exposed in any way outside of the method. Syntax to create an anonymous type is useful when employed with a Select operator to generate a result with a particular shape, without the need of having a regular type for it. Anonymous types are expressible such that an expression of that type can be written. Translation of an anonymous type by a compiler generates a nominal class that implements Equals and GetHashCode methods. There is equivalence of anonymous types within the same method, and conversion of an unrealized structural type into structurally compatible nominal type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Henricus Johannes Maria Meijer, Anders Hejlsberg, Matthew J. Warren, Luca Bolognese, Peter A. Hallam, Gary S. Katzenberger, Dinesh C. Kulkami
  • Patent number: 8191040
    Abstract: An application program interface (API) provides a set of functions that make available support for processing XML documents for application developers who build Web applications on Microsoft Corporation's .NET™ platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Anders Hejlsberg, Daniel Dedu-Constantin, Erik B. Christensen, Keith W. Ballinger, Mark W. Fussell, Neetu Rajpal, Nithyalakshmi Sampathkumar, Omri Gazitt, Stefan H. Pharies, William A. Adams, Yan Leshinsky, Chia-Hsun Chen, Christopher J. Lovett
  • Patent number: 8132093
    Abstract: Object instance annotation technology is disclosed. This technology is capable of annotating any number of instances for any number of objects. Object instance annotations can be of various types, and annotations can serve as data extensions. Objects are enabled for annotation either by developers, or, alternatively, automatically by a programming language or framework. Furthermore, an interface is provided for annotations. This interface has a variety of operations, some of which allow for adding, retrieving, or removing annotations. Annotations can be reference types or even value types. They may also be private class types. Once object instances are enabled for annotating, and the interface is set up, this interface can annotate a multitude of different kinds of objects. For example, it can annotate generic objects, XML trees, CodeDom trees, and so on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ralf Lammel, Anders Hejlsberg, Andrew E. Kimball, David Lawrence Remy, Erik Meijer
  • Patent number: 8060868
    Abstract: Providing for read/write access to captured free variables expressed as environment data objects is disclosed herein. By way of example, free variables can be rewritten as a field of a private class, and accessed via an instance of the private class captured within the environment data object. In such a manner, no need of a placeholder or proxy function is required to access the free variable. Consequently, the subject innovation provides a simplified method for capturing free variables within expression trees and providing read/write access to such variables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Henricus Johannes Maria Meijer, Anders Hejlsberg, Mads Torgersen, Peter A. Hallam, Matthew J. Warren, Dinesh C. Kulkarni, Clemens Alden Szyperski
  • Patent number: 8037096
    Abstract: Memory efficient data processing is provided in a computer environment. A data representation or description is utilized to reduce memory footprint. A data structure can be serialized iteratively utilizing the representation rather than first loading the entire data structure to memory. Portions of the data structure can be materialized to and removed from memory as function of operational need.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Craig Champion, Anders Hejlsberg, Andrew Eyring Kimball, Ralf Lammel, Henricus Johannes Maria Meijer, Ion Vasilian
  • Publication number: 20110246973
    Abstract: A compiler supporting a language in which selected semantic objects are represented as data objects. The data objects may be used in multiple ways to expand the capabilities of the programming language. Data objects may be passed to applications and used to create executable instructions for that application. In this way, instructions written in the native language of the compiler may be used to control applications that accept programs in a language inconsistent with the native language of the compiler. The syntax checking and variable binding capabilities of the compiler may be used for those instructions that will be executed by an application separate from the object code generated by the compiler. The semantic objects represented as data objects may be selected based on express operations included in the source code or may be based on implicit type conversion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Henricus Johannes Maria Meijer, Anders Hejlsberg, Matthew J. Warren, Dinesh Chandrakant Kulkarni, Luca Bolognese, Peter A. Hallam, Gary S. Katzenberger, Donald Box
  • Patent number: 8005848
    Abstract: Programming mechanisms for data parsing facilitate both clear code specification and efficient execution. Declarative style code can be employed to enable clear and concise specification of data parsing. Further, an efficient parsing approach can be utilized that enables processing of a data structure without first materializing the entire structure to memory. More specifically, streaming and/or selective materialization of portions of data to memory can be employed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Craig Champion, Anders Hejlsberg, Andrew Eyring Kimball, Ralf Lammel, Henricus Johannes Maria Meijer, David L. Remy, Ion Vasilian
  • Patent number: 8001523
    Abstract: A system and methods are provided for implementing an explicit interface member in connection with a computer programming language. Thus, a mechanism is provided that prevents conflicts between independently developed interfaces, enables privately implemented interface members and enables specific versions of generic interfaces that are free from conflict.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Scott Wiltamuth, Anders Hejlsberg, Peter H. Golde, Peter F. Sollich
  • Patent number: 7992140
    Abstract: A compiler supporting a language in which selected semantic objects are represented as data objects. The data objects may be used in multiple ways to expand the capabilities of the programming language. Data objects may be passed to applications and used to create executable instructions for that application. In this way, instructions written in the native language of the compiler may be used to control applications that accept programs in a language inconsistent with the native language of the compiler. The syntax checking and variable binding capabilities of the compiler may be used for those instructions that will be executed by an application separate from the object code generated by the compiler. The semantic objects represented as data objects may be selected based on express operations included in the source code or may be based on implicit type conversion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Henricus Johannes Maria Meijer, Anders Hejlsberg, Matthew J. Warren, Dinesh Chandrakant Kulkarni, Luca Bolognese, Peter A. Hallam, Gary S. Katzenberger, Donald Box
  • Patent number: 7899840
    Abstract: A group join query facilitates navigation of relationships (e.g., one-to-many or many-to-one) across a plurality of data collections. Such a query operator produces nested or hierarchical results that capture the arguments passed thereto. If desired, the nested results can be flattened to simulate conventional relational database results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Henricus Johannes Maria Meijer, Anders Hejlsberg, Dinesh Chandrakant Kulkarni, Matthew J. Warren, Mads Torgersen
  • Patent number: 7890939
    Abstract: Partial methods enable separation of method declaration and/or calls from method implementation. A partial method specifies a signature of a join or hook point in a class. Calls to a partial method specify a join or hook point in code that can optionally be linked with an actual method implementation of the same signature. Separate method implementations or other code related to a partial method are injected into a single program prior to execution. Unimplemented partial methods are treated as no operation instructions or otherwise ignored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Dinesh C. Kulkarni, Mads Torgersen, Henricus Johannes Maria Meijer, Anders Hejlsberg, Matthew J. Warren, Peter A. Hallam
  • Patent number: 7873958
    Abstract: A system and methods for versioning software components in connection with a computer programming language are provided. In exemplary aspects, the versioning system makes use of intelligent defaults, provides a vehicle for unambiguous specification of developer intent and implements conflict resolution rules in connection with the versioning of software components. In another aspect, the versioning system bounds names at run-time, but does not bound offsets at compile-time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Scott Wiltamuth, Anders Hejlsberg, Peter F. Sollich, Bradley M. Abrams
  • Patent number: 7873592
    Abstract: Systems and methods facilitate type inference in a computer-programming environment. Type inference can be applied to generic method or function invocation in object-oriented languages to determine a type argument list left implicit by a programmer. One or more type arguments can be identified as a parameter type to which all other types in a set of associated parameter types can be converted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Henricus Johannes Maria Meijer, Gavin Bierman, Mads Torgersen, Anders Hejlsberg, Danny Van Velzen, Peter A. Hallam, Robert Eric Lippert, Matthew J. Warren, Paul A. Vick, Amanda Silver
  • Patent number: 7860823
    Abstract: The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates querying data utilizing an explicit representation of an embedded language. An IEnumberable component can receive a data operation that can be employed on a collection of data utilizing at least one of an IEnumerable interface and an IEnumerable<T> interface. A mirror component can provide a generic interface to query the collection of data by representing the collection of data as an expression tree utilizing at least one function that mirrors the at least one IEnumerable interface and the IEnumerable<T> interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Anders Hejlsberg, Matthew J. Warren, Henricus Johannes Maria Meijer, Dinesh C. Kulkarni, Mads Torgersen