Patents by Inventor John R. Ashmun

John R. Ashmun 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).

  • Module interrogation
    Patent number: 9552282
    Abstract: Module interrogation techniques are described in which modules configured to rely upon one or more operating system features are interrogated to determine which features are used and by which modules. A module is loaded that is configured to interact with a plurality of features provided by an operating system. Using one or more redirection techniques, calls made by the module to access features of the operating system are redirected to alternate functionality. Based on the redirection, data is generated to indicate the features of the operating system that are used by the module. The techniques may be performed for each of a plurality of modules to populate a database that relates features of the operating system to the plurality of modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Ashwin S. Needamangala, Mariyan D. Fransazov, John R. Ashmun, Kantcho I. Bogdev, Ying Deng
  • Module Interrogation
    Publication number: 20120079508
    Abstract: Module interrogation techniques are described in which modules configured to rely upon one or more operating system features are interrogated to determine which features are used and by which modules. A module is loaded that is configured to interact with a plurality of features provided by an operating system. Using one or more redirection techniques, calls made by the module to access features of the operating system are redirected to alternate functionality. Based on the redirection, data is generated to indicate the features of the operating system that are used by the module. The techniques may be performed for each of a plurality of modules to populate a database that relates features of the operating system to the plurality of modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ashwin S. Needamangala, Mariyan D. Fransazov, John R. Ashmun, Kantcho I. Bogdev, Ying Deng
  • Module interrogation
    Patent number: 8117625
    Abstract: Module interrogation techniques are described in which modules configured to rely upon one or more operating system features are interrogated to determine which features are used and by which modules. A module is loaded that is configured to interact with a plurality of features provided by an operating system. Using one or more redirection techniques, calls made by the module to access features of the operating system are redirected to alternate functionality. Based on the redirection, data is generated to indicate the features of the operating system that are used by the module. The techniques may be performed for each of a plurality of modules to populate a database that relates features of the operating system to the plurality of modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ashwin S. Needamangala, Mariyan D. Fransazov, John R. Ashmun, Kantcho I. Bogdev, Ying Deng
  • Module interrogation
    Publication number: 20090241131
    Abstract: Module interrogation techniques are described in which modules configured to rely upon one or more operating system features are interrogated to determine which features are used and by which modules. A module is loaded that is configured to interact with a plurality of features provided by an operating system. Using one or more redirection techniques, calls made by the module to access features of the operating system are redirected to alternate functionality. Based on the redirection, data is generated to indicate the features of the operating system that are used by the module. The techniques may be performed for each of a plurality of modules to populate a database that relates features of the operating system to the plurality of modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ashwin S. Needamangala, Mariyan D. Fransazov, John R. Ashmun, Kantcho I. Bogdev, Ying Deng