Patents by Inventor Eric J. Uhrhane

Eric J. Uhrhane 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).

  • Filesystem access for web applications and native code modules
    Patent number: 8478798
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a system that facilitates the execution of a web application. During operation, the system allocates a storage space on one or more storage devices for use by the web application. Next, the system creates, for the web application, a private filesystem comprising a private root directory within the storage space. Finally, the system enables access to the private filesystem for the web application through the private root directory in a manner that does not allow access to a host filesystem associated with the one or more storage devices from the web application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Eric J. Uhrhane, Matthew Papakipos
  • FILESYSTEM ACCESS FOR WEB APPLICATIONS AND NATIVE CODE MODULES
    Publication number: 20100121893
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a system that facilitates the execution of a web application. During operation, the system allocates a storage space on one or more storage devices for use by the web application. Next, the system creates, for the web application, a private filesystem comprising a private root directory within the storage space. Finally, the system enables access to the private filesystem for the web application through the private root directory in a manner that does not allow access to a host filesystem associated with the one or more storage devices from the web application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Eric J. Uhrhane, Matthew Papakipos