Patents by Inventor Christian Alma Bird

Christian Alma Bird 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: 11822518
    Abstract: A heuristics-based concurrent edit detector (“ConE”) can notify collaborators about potential conflicts that may be caused by edits made by other collaborators. ConE may compare concurrent edits submitted by collaborators, calculate the extent of overlap between two sets of edits, apply one or more filters to balance recall versus precision, and decide whether to alert the collaborators about candidate potential conflicts. ConE may be light-weight and easily scalable to work in a very large environment with numerous collaborators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Chandra Sekhar Maddila, Nachiappan Nagappan, Christian Alma Bird
  • Patent number: 11715006
    Abstract: A natural language code search service provides idioms or frequently-occurring code patterns for a code fragment based on similar type usage and method/API invocation usage. The search service uses a data mining technique that mines code snippets found from various websites and code snippets generated from a neural model to detect idioms in the code snippets that were previously unknown and which can be reused. A search is initiated through a natural language query within a code development tool or application thereby avoiding the need to switch out of the current application to perform the search.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC.
    Inventors: Christian Alma Bird, Shengyu Fu, Zhongyan Guan, Neelakantan Sundaresan, Mark Alistair Wilson-Thomas, Shuo Zhang
  • Patent number: 11662984
    Abstract: A data mining technique is used to find large frequently-occurring source code patterns from methods/APIs that can be used in code development. Simplified trees that represent the syntactic structure and type and method usage of a source code fragment, such as a method, are mined to find closed and maximal frequent subtrees which represent the largest frequently-occurring source code patterns or idioms associated with a particular type and method usage. These idioms are then used in an idiom web service and/or a code completion system to assist users in the development of source code programs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC.
    Inventors: Christian Alma Bird, Shengyu Fu, Neelakantan Sundaresan, Nina Wang, Shuo Zhang
  • Publication number: 20230076610
    Abstract: A heuristics-based concurrent edit detector (“ConE”) can notify collaborators about potential conflicts that may be caused by edits made by other collaborators. ConE may compare concurrent edits submitted by collaborators, calculate the extent of overlap between two sets of edits, apply one or more filters to balance recall versus precision, and decide whether to alert the collaborators about candidate potential conflicts. ConE may be light-weight and easily scalable to work in a very large environment with numerous collaborators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Chandra Sekhar Maddila, Nachiappan Nagappan, Christian Alma Bird
  • Patent number: 11599354
    Abstract: Described herein is a system and method for detecting correlated changes (e.g., between code files and configuration files). For a plurality of code files and a plurality of configuration files, a correlated change model is trained to identify correlated changes across the code files and the configuration files using a machine learning algorithm that discovers change rules using a support parameter, and, a confidence parameter, and, a refinement algorithm that refines the discovered change rules. The correlated change model comprising the change rules is stored. The correlated change model can be used to identify potential issue(s) regarding a particular file (e.g., changed code or configuration file(s)). Information regarding the identified potential issue(s) can be provided to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Ranjita Bhagwan, Chandra Sekhar Maddila, Aditya Kumar, Sumit Asthana, Rahul Kumar, Sonu Mehta, Chetan Bansal, Balasubramanyan Ashok, Christian Alma Bird
  • Patent number: 11550758
    Abstract: A heuristics-based concurrent edit detector (“ConE”) can notify collaborators about potential conflicts that may be caused by edits made by other collaborators. ConE may compare concurrent edits submitted by collaborators, calculate the extent of overlap between two sets of edits, apply one or more filters to balance recall versus precision, and decide whether to alert the collaborators about candidate potential conflicts. ConE may be light-weight and easily scalable to work in a very large environment with numerous collaborators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Chandra Sekhar Maddila, Nachiappan Nagappan, Christian Alma Bird
  • Publication number: 20220326918
    Abstract: A data mining technique is used to find large frequently-occurring source code patterns from methods/APIs that can be used in code development. Simplified trees that represent the syntactic structure and type and method usage of a source code fragment, such as a method, are mined to find closed and maximal frequent subtrees which represent the largest frequently-occurring source code patterns or idioms associated with a particular type and method usage. These idioms are then used in an idiom web service and/or a code completion system to assist users in the development of source code programs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: CHRISTIAN ALMA BIRD, SHENGYU FU, NEELAKANTAN SUNDARESAN, NINA WANG, SHUO ZHANG
  • Patent number: 11392354
    Abstract: A data mining technique is used to find large frequently-occurring source code patterns from methods/APIs that can be used in code development. Simplified trees that represent the syntactic structure and type and method usage of a source code fragment, such as a method, are mined to find closed and maximal frequent subtrees which represent the largest frequently-occurring source code patterns or idioms associated with a particular type and method usage. These idioms are then used in an idiom web service and/or a code completion system to assist users in the development of source code programs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC.
    Inventors: Christian Alma Bird, Shengyu Fu, Neelakantan Sundaresan, Nina Wang, Shuo Zhang
  • Publication number: 20220043779
    Abstract: A heuristics-based concurrent edit detector (“ConE”) can notify collaborators about potential conflicts that may be caused by edits made by other collaborators. ConE may compare concurrent edits submitted by collaborators, calculate the extent of overlap between two sets of edits, apply one or more filters to balance recall versus precision, and decide whether to alert the collaborators about candidate potential conflicts. ConE may be light-weight and easily scalable to work in a very large environment with numerous collaborators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Chandra Sekhar Maddila, Nachiappan Nagappan, Christian Alma Bird
  • Publication number: 20210303989
    Abstract: A natural language code search service provides idioms or frequently-occurring code patterns for a code fragment based on similar type usage and method/API invocation usage. The search service uses a data mining technique that mines code snippets found from various websites and code snippets generated from a neural model to detect idioms in the code snippets that were previously unknown and which can be reused. A search is initiated through a natural language query within a code development tool or application thereby avoiding the need to switch out of the current application to perform the search.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: CHRISTIAN ALMA BIRD, SHENGYU FU, ZHONGYAN GUAN, NEELAKANTAN SUNDARESAN, MARK ALISTAIR WILSON-THOMAS, SHUO ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20210303279
    Abstract: A data mining technique is used to find large frequently-occurring source code patterns from methods/APIs that can be used in code development. Simplified trees that represent the syntactic structure and type and method usage of a source code fragment, such as a method, are mined to find closed and maximal frequent subtrees which represent the largest frequently-occurring source code patterns or idioms associated with a particular type and method usage. These idioms are then used in an idiom web service and/or a code completion system to assist users in the development of source code programs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: CHRISTIAN ALMA BIRD, SHENGYU FU, NEELAKANTAN SUNDARESAN, NINA WANG, SHUO ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20210019142
    Abstract: Described herein is a system and method for detecting correlated changes (e.g., between code files and configuration files). For a plurality of code files and a plurality of configuration files, a correlated change model is trained to identify correlated changes across the code files and the configuration files using a machine learning algorithm that discovers change rules using a support parameter, and, a confidence parameter, and, a refinement algorithm that refines the discovered change rules. The correlated change model comprising the change rules is stored. The correlated change model can be used to identify potential issue(s) regarding a particular file (e.g., changed code or configuration file(s)). Information regarding the identified potential issue(s) can be provided to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Ranjita BHAGWAN, Chandra Sekhar MADDILA, Aditya KUMAR, Sumit ASTHANA, Rahul KUMAR, Sonu MEHTA, Chetan BANSAL, Balasubramanyan ASHOK, Christian Alma BIRD
  • Patent number: 10042740
    Abstract: Techniques to identify idiomatic code in a code base are described. Embodiments of such techniques are configured with idiom information corresponding to idiomatic code representations of computer code of which each idiomatic code representation comprises information corresponding to a control structure and variable usage. These techniques are operative to compare the idiomatic code representations to computer code fragments in the code base and identify one or more code fragments matching at least one of the idiomatic code representations. These techniques may identify functional operators for replacing the code fragments in the code base. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Christian Alma Bird, Mark Marron, Miltiadis Allamanis, Earl Theodore Barr
  • Publication number: 20170161177
    Abstract: Techniques to identify idiomatic code in a code base are described. Embodiments of such techniques are configured with idiom information corresponding to idiomatic code representations of computer code of which each idiomatic code representation comprises information corresponding to a control structure and variable usage. These techniques are operative to compare the idiomatic code representations to computer code fragments in the code base and identify one or more code fragments matching at least one of the idiomatic code representations. These techniques may identify functional operators for replacing the code fragments in the code base. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Christian Alma Bird, Mark Marron, Miltiadis Allamanis, Earl Theodore Barr
  • Patent number: 9400541
    Abstract: Techniques pertaining to analyzing power consumed by a processing unit in a mobile computing device caused by execution of certain modules are described herein. A power trace is generated that indicates an amount of power consumed by the processing unit over time, and the power trace is aligned with an execution log. Spikes are extracted from the power trace, and computing operations are performed over the spikes to acquire data pertaining to power consumed by the processing unit that are attributable to modules in the execution log.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing,LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Michael Josef Zimmermann, Christian Alma Bird, Nachiappan Nagappan, Syed Masum Emran, Thirumalesh Bhat, Ashish Gupta
  • Publication number: 20150126254
    Abstract: Techniques pertaining to analyzing power consumed by a processing unit in a mobile computing device caused by execution of certain modules are described herein. A power trace is generated that indicates an amount of power consumed by the processing unit over time, and the power trace is aligned with an execution log. Spikes are extracted from the power trace, and computing operations are performed over the spikes to acquire data pertaining to power consumed by the processing unit that are attributable to modules in the execution log.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas Michael Josef Zimmermann, Christian Alma Bird, Nachiappan Nagappan, Syed Masum Emran, Thirumalesh Bhat, Ashish Gupta
  • Patent number: 8965718
    Abstract: Techniques pertaining to analyzing power consumed by a processing unit in a mobile computing device caused by execution of certain modules are described herein. A power trace is generated that indicates an amount of power consumed by the processing unit over time, and the power trace is aligned with an execution log. Spikes are extracted from the power trace, and computing operations are performed over the spikes to acquire data pertaining to power consumed by the processing unit that are attributable to modules in the execution log.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas Michael Josef Zimmermann, Christian Alma Bird, Nachiappan Nagappan, Syed Masum Emran, Thirumalesh Bhat, Ashish Gupta
  • Publication number: 20130110423
    Abstract: Techniques pertaining to analyzing power consumed by a processing unit in a mobile computing device caused by execution of certain modules are described herein. A power trace is generated that indicates an amount of power consumed by the processing unit over time, and the power trace is aligned with an execution log. Spikes are extracted from the power trace, and computing operations are performed over the spikes to acquire data pertaining to power consumed by the processing unit that are attributable to modules in the execution log.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Thomas Michael Josef Zimmermann, Christian Alma Bird, Nachiappan Nagappan, Syed Masum Emran, Thirumalesh Bhat, Ashish Gupta