Patents by Inventor Bernard Tschirren

Bernard Tschirren 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).

  • Enforcement of architectural design during software development
    Patent number: 8677316
    Abstract: Architectural design intent for software is represented in some type of concrete form. A set of computable rules are inferred from the representation of the architectural design intent. The rules are applied to the codebase at various points in the development process including but not limited to when source code is checked into a project or when a build is run, or when a test run is performed. If the codebase being developed is not consistent with the architectural intent of the designer as captured, feedback concerning non-compliance is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Suhail Dutta, David N Trowbridge, Bernard Tschirren, Arun M. Abraham
  • ENFORCEMENT OF ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN DURING SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
    Publication number: 20110283253
    Abstract: Architectural design intent for software is represented in some type of concrete form. A set of computable rules are inferred from the representation of the architectural design intent. The rules are applied to the codebase at various points in the development process including but not limited to when source code is checked into a project or when a build is run, or when a test run is performed. If the codebase being developed is not consistent with the architectural intent of the designer as captured, feedback concerning non-compliance is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2010
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Suhail Dutta, David N. Trowbridge, Bernard Tschirren, Arun M. Abraham