Patents by Inventor Bjorn Levidow

Bjorn Levidow 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).

  • Resource exhaustion prediction, detection, diagnosis and correction
    Patent number: 8117505
    Abstract: Resource exhaustion is anticipated, a cause of the resource exhaustion is identified and options are identified to address the resource exhaustion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Baskar Sridharan, Elsie Nallipogu, Abdelsalam Heddaya, Mario R. Garzia, Björn Levidow
  • Faulty driver protection comparing list of driver faults
    Patent number: 7284157
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided that prevent faulty drivers from being loaded and/or can prevent faulty drivers from being installed. Thus, instability of a computer system can be mitigated. Additionally, the occurrence of data corruption, system halting and the like can be reduced. A requested driver is compared to a list of faulty drivers from a faulty driver database. If the requested driver is in the list of faulty drivers, the requested driver is deemed faulty or defective, and is prevented from being loaded. Additionally, if the requested driver is in the list of faulty drivers, the requested driver can be prevented from being installed. Otherwise, the requested driver is operable and can be installed and/or loaded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Lonny Dean McMichael, George Evangelos Roussos, Eugene Lin, Jason Ty Cobb, Santosh Sharad Jodh, Bjorn Levidow, Vadim Bluvshtevn, Mark Derbecker
  • Resource exhaustion prediction, detection, diagnosis and correction
    Publication number: 20070106636
    Abstract: Resource exhaustion is anticipated, a cause of the resource exhaustion is identified and options are identified to address the resource exhaustion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2005
    Publication date: May 10, 2007
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Baskar Sridharan, Elsie Nallipogu, Abdelsalam Heddaya, Mario Garzia, Bjorn Levidow
  • Driver protection
    Patent number: 6950964
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided that prevent faulty drivers from being loaded and/or can prevent faulty drivers from being installed. Thus, instability of a computer system can be mitigated. Additionally, the occurrence of data corruption, system halting and the like can be reduced. A requested driver is compared to a list of faulty drivers from a faulty driver database. If the requested driver is in the list of faulty drivers, the requested driver is deemed faulty or defective, and is prevented from being loaded. Additionally, if the requested driver is in the list of faulty drivers, the requested driver can be prevented from being installed. Otherwise, the requested driver is operable and can be installed and/or loaded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Lonny Dean McMichael, George Evangelos Roussos, Eugene Lin, Jason Ty Cobb, Santosh Sharad Jodh, Bjorn Levidow, Vadim Bluvshteyn, Mark Derbecker