Patents by Inventor Daniel E. F. Plastina

Daniel E. F. Plastina 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).

  • Event architecture for system management in an operating system
    Patent number: 6212676
    Abstract: An event system is provided within an object-oriented environment. The event system informs users and system functions of events within the system. Events may be modeled as objects that are visible within the global namespace. These objects include event source objects and event sink objects. Event source objects generate event reports and event sink objects are the objects that receive reports. Special objects may be incorporated in the system to direct event reports from an event source object to an event sink object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2001
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Michael R. C. Seaman, Kevin W. Ross, Mark S. Blanford, Isaac J. Heizer, Daniel E. F. Plastina
  • Event architecture for system management in an operating system
    Patent number: 5905890
    Abstract: An event system is provided within an object-oriented environment. The event system informs users and system functions of events within the system. Events may be modeled as objects that are visible within the global namespace. These objects include event source objects and event sink objects. Event source objects generate event reports and event sink objects are the objects that receive reports. Special objects may be incorporated in the system to direct event reports from an event source object to an event sink object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1999
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Michael R. C. Seaman, Kevin W. Ross, Mark S. Blanford, Isaac J. Heizer, Daniel E. F. Plastina