Patents by Inventor Harish Naidu

Harish Naidu 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).

  • Method and system using dedicated location to share information between real mode and protected mode drivers
    Patent number: 5796988
    Abstract: A computer method and system for providing protected mode device drivers that are compatible with real mode device drivers. A first aspect of the invention provides consistent assignment of drive unit numbers with which the same physical disks are accessed by the real mode and protected mode physical disk drivers. A second aspect of the invention provides consistent assignment of volume unit numbers with which the same logical volumes are accessed by real mode and protected mode logical volume drivers. A third aspect of the invention provides consistent assignment of adapter numbers with which the same adapters are controlled by real mode and protected mode adapter drivers and mapping real mode adapter driver requests to protected mode adapter driver requests of the protected mode adapter drivers that control the same adapters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1998
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Harish Naidu, William G. Parry
  • Method and system using dedicated location to share information between real and protected mode device drivers
    Patent number: 5604887
    Abstract: A computer method and system for providing protected mode device drivers that are compatible with real mode device drivers. A first aspect of the invention provides consistent assignment of drive unit numbers with which the same physical disks are accessed by the real mode and protected mode physical disk drivers. A second aspect of the invention provides consistent assignment of volume unit numbers with which the same logical volumes are accessed by real mode and protected mode logical volume drivers. A third aspect of the invention provides consistent assignment of adapter numbers with which the same adapters are controlled by real mode and protected mode adapter drivers and mapping real mode adapter driver requests to protected mode adapter driver requests of the protected mode adapter drivers that control the same adapters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 18, 1997
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Harish Naidu, William G. Parry