Patents by Inventor Carol Petersen Muser

Carol Petersen Muser 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).

  • Methods and tools for executing and tracing user-specified kernel instructions
    Patent number: 7853927
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention present methods of tracing kernel functions of a kernel including: building a kernel tracing dynamically loadable kernel module (DLKM) wherein the kernel tracing DLKM contains user-specified kernel code; loading the kernel tracing DLKM on a target machine; invoking the kernel tracing DLKM on the target machine; and tracing kernel functions wherein trace variables are gathered. In some embodiments, the method may further include: creating user-specified kernel code wherein at least one kernel activity may be inspected or tested; creating at least one trace point corresponding to a point at which the kernel tracing DLKM is invoked; and compiling the kernel tracing DLKM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Carol Petersen Muser