Patents by Inventor Ian S. PETERSEN

Ian S. PETERSEN 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).

  • Conditionally crashing software applications to track software use
    Patent number: 10579503
    Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling an intentional crash of a software application. One system includes a computing device including an electronic processor. The electronic processor is configured to receive a crash setting for the software application from a configuration server. The crash setting has a first value or a second value. The electronic processor is also configured to detect an unexpected use of the software application during execution. The electronic processor is configured to, in response to detecting the unexpected use and the crash setting having the first value, intentionally crash the software application causing a generation of a crash report describing a state of the software application when the unexpected use occurred. The electronic processor is configured to, in response detecting the unexpected use and the crash setting having the second value, not intentionally crash the software application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Ian S. Petersen, Jeffrey J. Wall, Marius C. Constantin, Kent C. Mai, Ping Zhang, Somanath Krishnaswamy, Jeremy Littel, Jason T. Creighton, Joyce Kuo, Vallabh Patade
  • CONDITIONALLY CRASHING SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS TO TRACK SOFTWARE USE
    Publication number: 20180329803
    Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling an intentional crash of a software application. One system includes a computing device including an electronic processor. The electronic processor is configured to receive a crash setting for the software application from a configuration server. The crash setting has a first value or a second value. The electronic processor is also configured to detect an unexpected use of the software application during execution. The electronic processor is configured to, in response to detecting the unexpected use and the crash setting having the first value, intentionally crash the software application causing a generation of a crash report describing a state of the software application when the unexpected use occurred. The electronic processor is configured to, in response detecting the unexpected use and the crash setting having the second value, not intentionally crash the software application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Ian S. PETERSEN, Jeffrey J. WALL, Marius C. CONSTANTIN, Kent C. MAI, Ping ZHANG, Somanath KRISHNASWAMY, Jeremy LITTEL, Jason T. CREIGHTON, Joyce KUO, Vallabh PATADE