Patents by Inventor Erik Tatum

Erik Tatum 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).

  • Allowing inter-process communication via file system filter
    Patent number: 9027031
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method allows an application running in a first process to communicate with a second process. A file system filter driver receives a command from the application for a file. The file system filter driver is configured to process file system commands. The file system filter driver determines that the command is for an inter-process communication with a service running in the second process based on the command being for the file. Then, the file system filter driver sends the command to the service running in the second process where the command is processed by the service. A response from the service is received based on the command being processed by the service and the file system filter driver sends the response to the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: VMware, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony John Wilkinson, Erik Tatum
  • ALLOWING INTER-PROCESS COMMUNICATION VIA FILE SYSTEM FILTER
    Publication number: 20140109107
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method allows an application running in a first process to communicate with a second process. A file system filter driver receives a command from the application for a file. The file system filter driver is configured to process file system commands. The file system filter driver determines that the command is for an inter-process communication with a service running in the second process based on the command being for the file. Then, the file system filter driver sends the command to the service running in the second process where the command is processed by the service. A response from the service is received based on the command being processed by the service and the file system filter driver sends the response to the application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2012
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: VMware, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony John Wilkinson, Erik Tatum