Patents by Inventor Jeffery Mitchell

Jeffery Mitchell 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 for recovering data from a hung application
    Publication number: 20060200702
    Abstract: An application is associated with a main thread that is running on an operating system. A secondary thread monitors the main thread to determine whether the application is in a hang state. A ghost window that matches the hung application window is displayed on a user interface and the hung application is hidden from view. An application crash is attempted on the main thread when the user closes the ghost window. If the crash is successful, any unsaved data associated with the hung application is recovered. Error information associated with the cause of the application hang may also be collected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2005
    Publication date: September 7, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Benjamin Canning, Jeffery Mitchell, Thomas Coon