Patents by Inventor Bjame Steensgaard

Bjame Steensgaard 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).

  • Configuration of isolated extensions and device drivers
    Patent number: 8074231
    Abstract: In some implementations, the operations of a software system may include the execution of untrusted device drivers. The execution of an untrusted device driver may be initiated when an untrusted device driver that is a set of executable instructions is obtained. A computing resource for the execution of the device driver may be further determined from a device-driver manifest of the untrusted device driver. Computing resources may include one or more of a hardware resource, a memory, an input/output port, an interrupt request line, and an inter-process communication channel. Trusted local access objects may be used by the untrusted device driver to access the computing resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Galen C. Hunt, James R. Larus, Manuel A Fähndrich, Orion Hodson, David R. Tarditi, Michael Spear, Michael Carbin, Steven P. Levi, Bjame Steensgaard
  • VIRTUAL MEMORY COMPACTION AND COMPRESSION USING COLLABORATION BETWEEN A VIRTUAL MEMORY MANAGER AND A MEMORY MANAGER
    Publication number: 20090327621
    Abstract: Enhanced performance and functionality in virtual memory is possible when a virtual memory manager and a memory manager are configured to collaborate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Gabriel Kliot, Erez Petrank, Bjame Steensgaard