Patents by Inventor Holger Kenn

Holger Kenn 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).

  • Hardware abstraction in embedded systems
    Patent number: 8307340
    Abstract: A system and a machine-implemented method are provided. The system may include a platform, in which one or more application domains may be specified. At least some of the application domains may abstract a hardware device. Partitioning of the system into a number of independent applications with fixed public interfaces may provide each application domain with isolation, or protection, from other application domains. Application domains may be specified via programming language constructs. An application, within one application domain, may access a hardware device, or software, in another application domain via similar generic interfaces provided in a managed code environment enforced by the platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Friedrich van Megen, Holger Kenn
  • HARDWARE ABSTRACTION IN EMBEDDED SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20100083210
    Abstract: A system and a machine-implemented method are provided. The system may include a platform, in which one or more application domains may be specified. At least some of the application domains may abstract a hardware device. Partitioning of the system into a number of independent applications with fixed public interfaces may provide each application domain with isolation, or protection, from other application domains. Application domains may be specified via programming language constructs. An application, within one application domain, may access a hardware device, or software, in another application domain via similar generic interfaces provided in a managed code environment enforced by the platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Friedrich van Megen, Holger Kenn