Patents by Inventor Kenneth D. Wolf
Kenneth D. Wolf 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).
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Patent number: 11912545Abstract: A wireless hoist system including a first hoist device having a first motor and a first wireless transceiver and a second hoist device having a second motor and a second wireless transceiver. The wireless hoist system includes a controller in wireless communication with the first wireless transceiver and the second wireless. The controller is configured to receive a user input and determine a first operation parameter and a second operation parameter based on the user input. The controller is also configured to provide, wirelessly, a first control signal indicative of the first operation parameter to the first hoist device and provide, wirelessly, a second control signal indicative of the second operation parameter to the second hoist device. The first hoist device operates based on the first control signal and the second hoist device operates based on the second control signal.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2020Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool CorporationInventors: Matthew Post, Gareth Mueckl, Matthew N. Thurin, Joshua D. Widder, Timothy J. Bartlett, Patrick D. Gallagher, Jarrod P. Kotes, Karly M. Schober, Kenneth W. Wolf, Terry L. Timmons, Mallory L. Marksteiner, Jonathan L. Lambert, Ryan A. Spiering, Jeremy R. Ebner, Benjamin A. Smith, James Wekwert, Brandon L. Yahr, Troy C. Thorson, Connor P. Sprague, John E. Koller, Evan M. Glanzer, John S. Scott, William F. Chapman, III, Timothy R. Obermann
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Patent number: 9916136Abstract: Interfaces for a continuation-based runtime. Some embodiments described herein are directed to a framework using continuation based runtime interface that pertain to an infrastructure for enabling the creation of a wide variety of continuation-based programs that perform a wide-array of tasks. The infrastructure provides a foundation for building continuation-based, declarative applications of various scale and complexity.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2016Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Kenneth D. Wolf, Edmund Samuel Victor Pinto, Robert Brian Schmidt, Donald F. Box, Geoffrey M. Kizer, Nathan C. Talbert, Kavita Kamani, Alberto Arias Maestro, David Robert Cliffe, Tirunelveli R. Vishwanath, HongMei Ge, Stephen Jared Maine, Alexander Martin DeJarnatt
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Publication number: 20160274869Abstract: Interfaces for a continuation-based runtime. Some embodiments described herein are directed to a framework using continuation based runtime interface that pertain to an infrastructure for enabling the creation of a wide variety of continuation-based programs that perform a wide-array of tasks. The infrastructure provides a foundation for building continuation-based, declarative applications of various scale and complexity.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2016Publication date: September 22, 2016Inventors: Kenneth D. Wolf, Edmund Samuel Victor Pinto, Robert Brian Schmidt, Donald F. Box, Geoffrey M. Kizer, Nathan C. Talbert, Kavita Kamani, Alberto Arias Maestro, David Robert Cliffe, Tirunelveli R. Vishwanath, HongMei Ge, Stephen Jared Maine, Alexander Martin DeJarnatt
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Patent number: 9354847Abstract: Namespace for continuation-based runtime. Some embodiments described herein are directed to a framework using continuation based runtime namespaces that pertain to an infrastructure for enabling the creation of a wide variety of continuation-based programs that perform a wide-array of tasks. The infrastructure provides a foundation for building continuation-based, declarative applications of various scale and complexity. In some embodiments, the associated application programming interfaces (APIs) are factored into a hierarchy of namespaces in a manner that balances utility, usability, extensibility, and versionability.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2008Date of Patent: May 31, 2016Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Kenneth D. Wolf, Edmund Samuel Victor Pinto, Robert Brian Schmidt, Donald F. Box, Geoffrey M. Kizer, Nathan C. Talbert, Kavita Kamani, Alberto Arias Maestro, David Robert Cliffe, Tirunelveli R. Vishwanath, HongMei Ge, Stephen Jared Maine, Alexander Martin DeJarnatt
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Patent number: 9122461Abstract: Partitioning continuation based runtime programs. Embodiments may include differentiating activities of a continuation based runtime program between public children activities and implementation children activities. The continuation based runtime program is partitioned into visibility spaces. The visibility spaces have boundaries based on implementation children activities. The continuation based runtime program is partially processes at a visibility space granularity.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2009Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Nathan C. Talbert, Kenneth D. Wolf, Edmund Samuel Victor Pinto
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Publication number: 20150143334Abstract: A rendezvous abstraction that is used to correlate messages within message exchange. The rendezvous abstraction may be instantiated to correlate messages regardless of the type of message exchange pattern, and regardless of the underlying protocols used to communication message. Messages exchanges of primitive protocols are modeled as unilateral message exchanges. The rendezvous abstraction is used to correlate messages of the unilateral message exchange, and serves as an abstraction that is used to represented the rendezvous point where the message of the message exchange pattern are handled. Accordingly, instead of focusing on the protocol-specific mechanisms for correlation, if even available, the application author may simply work with a standard rendezvous abstraction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2014Publication date: May 21, 2015Inventors: Edmund Samuel Victor Pinto, Kenneth D. Wolf, Nicholas A. Allen, Stefan Batres, Justin David Brown, Donald F. Box
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Patent number: 8898144Abstract: Processing messages. Messages are processed based on a characteristic derived from information in messages, metadata about messages, or other information external to messages. Values for one or more pieces of information are received. At least one of the values for one or more pieces of information is associated with a first message. Queries are received. The queries specify one or more of the pieces of information. At least a portion of the plurality of values for the one or more pieces of information is processed in conjunction with the one or more queries to create one or more normalized characteristics for the first message. The one or more normalized characteristics for the first message are in a same format irrespective of the format of the pieces of information. The first message, and/or other messages, is processed based on at least one of the one or more normalized characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2013Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Nicholas A. Allen, Stefan R. Batres, Justin D. Brown, Jayteerth N. Katti, Stephen Maine, Edmund S. V. Pinto, Kenneth D. Wolf
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Patent number: 8869107Abstract: Techniques are described herein that are capable of executing a computer program in accordance with a declarative dynamic control flow in a continuation-based runtime. A declarative dynamic control flow identifies a set of continuations. A representation of logic that corresponds to the declarative dynamic control flow is provided in accordance with execution of the computer program in the continuation-based runtime. The declarative dynamic control flow identifies a set of continuations. Each continuation identifies a respective rule, which defines a respective event, and a respective action, which is to be performed upon occurrence of the respective event. A determination is made that a specified event occurs. The set of continuations is dynamically modified based on occurrence of the specified event.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2012Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: John A. Taylor, Leon E. Welicki, Kenneth D. Wolf, Justin D. Brown
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Patent number: 8868532Abstract: A rendezvous abstraction that is used to correlate messages within message exchange. The rendezvous abstraction may be instantiated to correlate messages regardless of the type of message exchange pattern, and regardless of the underlying protocols used to communication message. Messages exchanges of primitive protocols are modeled as unilateral message exchanges. The rendezvous abstraction is used to correlate messages of the unilateral message exchange, and serves as an abstraction that is used to represented the rendezvous point where the message of the message exchange pattern are handled. Accordingly, instead of focusing on the protocol-specific mechanisms for correlation, if even available, the application author may simply work with a standard rendezvous abstraction.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2008Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Edmund Samuel Victor Pinto, Kenneth D. Wolf, Nicholas A. Allen, Stefan Batres, Justin David Brown
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Patent number: 8856454Abstract: Interaction between a client and a service in which the service responds to requests from the client. In addition to responding to specific client requests, the service also anticipates or speculates about what the client may request in the future. Rather than await the client request (that may or may not ultimately be made), the service provides the unrequested anticipatory data to the client in the same data stream as the response data that actual responds to the specific client requests. The client may then use the anticipatory data to fully or partially respond to future requests from the client, if the client does make the request anticipated by the service. Thus, in some cases, latency may be reduced when responding to requests in which anticipatory data has already been provided. The service may give priority to the actual requested data, and gives secondary priority to the anticipatory data.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2013Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Nicholas Alexander Allen, Kenneth D. Wolf
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Patent number: 8806142Abstract: Interaction between a client and a service in which the service responds to requests from the client. In addition to responding to specific client requests, the service also anticipates or speculates about what the client may request in the future. Rather than await the client request (that may or may not ultimately be made), the service provides the unrequested anticipatory data to the client in the same data stream as the response data that actual responds to the specific client requests. The client may then use the anticipatory data to fully or partially respond to future requests from the client, if the client does make the request anticipated by the service. Thus, in some cases, latency may be reduced when responding to requests in which anticipatory data has already been provided. The service may give priority to the actual requested data, and gives secondary priority to the anticipatory data.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2013Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Nicholas Alexander Allen, Kenneth D. Wolf
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Patent number: 8739183Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide for allowing processing code of a message to attach state thereto. More specifically, as a SOAP message is processed, various states known as properties (e.g., message security, message identifier, etc.) can be attached to the message for various purposes. In other words, embodiments provide for a properties object that represents a set of processing-level annotations to a message. These properties (representing the processing state of the headers or other portions of the message) can then be used by other component or modules for further processing purposes. Typically, these properties can then be removed (or sustained if desired) prior to transporting the SOAP message on the wire.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2013Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Douglas M. Purdy, Erik B. Christensen, Kenneth D. Wolf, Elliot L. Waingold
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Patent number: 8719841Abstract: The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for coordinating application state and communication medium state. Embodiments of the invention provide mechanisms by which a dispatcher can enable application code to coordinate changes in application state with the consumption of messages from a communication medium. The coordination can be automatic where the dispatcher performs the coordination, or manual, where the coordination is performed more expressly by application code. Embodiments also include mechanisms by which applications targeting an execution (e.g., continuation based) runtime may compose alternative state transitions in the application with a peek lock protocol.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2009Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Edmund Samuel Victor Pinto, Nicholas A. Allen, Karthik Raman, Kenneth D. Wolf
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Patent number: 8689239Abstract: In one embodiment, a computer system accesses an event associated with an activity, where the activity has been executed by a runtime as part of a software application. The runtime includes a software hook configured to listen for event stream operation indications from the user. The computer system tags the accessed event with an additional portion of identification information that uniquely identifies the executed activity. The computer system receives an event stream operation indication from the user indicating that event transmission for an identified event stream is to be dynamically enabled or disabled and identifies the user-indicated event stream using the tagged identification information. The computer system also dynamically performs the indicated event stream operation on the identified event stream according to the user's indication.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2009Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: John Anthony Taylor, Igor Sedukhin, Gilles C. J. A. Zunino, Amol Sudhakar Kulkarni, Haoran Andy Wu, Sumit Mohanty, Kenneth D. Wolf, Timothy Glenn MacNary, Michael Josef Krejcik
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Patent number: 8683432Abstract: In an embodiment, a computer system instantiates a parent activity configured for execution in a continuation based runtime. The parent activity includes various child activities configured to perform pulses of work. The parent activity is also configured to add execution properties to an execution context. The computer system adds execution properties to the parent activity's execution context to generate a modified execution context which includes execution properties that extend the functionality of the parent and child activities. The added execution properties include corresponding identifiers that identify the added execution properties. The computer system also executes the parent activity including the various child activities within the modified execution context in the continuation based runtime.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2009Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Nathan C. Talbert, Kenneth D. Wolf
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Publication number: 20130290469Abstract: Interaction between a client and a service in which the service responds to requests from the client. In addition to responding to specific client requests, the service also anticipates or speculates about what the client may request in the future. Rather than await the client request (that may or may not ultimately be made), the service provides the unrequested anticipatory data to the client in the same data stream as the response data that actual responds to the specific client requests. The client may then use the anticipatory data to fully or partially respond to future requests from the client, if the client does make the request anticipated by the service. Thus, in some cases, latency may be reduced when responding to requests in which anticipatory data has already been provided. The service may give priority to the actual requested data, and gives secondary priority to the anticipatory data.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2013Publication date: October 31, 2013Inventors: Nicholas Alexander Allen, Kenneth D. Wolf
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Publication number: 20130282986Abstract: Interaction between a client and a service in which the service responds to requests from the client. In addition to responding to specific client requests, the service also anticipates or speculates about what the client may request in the future. Rather than await the client request (that may or may not ultimately be made), the service provides the unrequested anticipatory data to the client in the same data stream as the response data that actual responds to the specific client requests. The client may then use the anticipatory data to fully or partially respond to future requests from the client, if the client does make the request anticipated by the service. Thus, in some cases, latency may be reduced when responding to requests in which anticipatory data has already been provided. The service may give priority to the actual requested data, and gives secondary priority to the anticipatory data.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2013Publication date: October 24, 2013Inventors: Nicholas Alexander Allen, Kenneth D. Wolf
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Publication number: 20130282655Abstract: Processing messages. Messages are processed based on a characteristic derived from information in messages, metadata about messages, or other information external to messages. Values for one or more pieces of information are received. At least one of the values for one or more pieces of information is associated with a first message. Queries are received. The queries specify one or more of the pieces of information. At least a portion of the plurality of values for the one or more pieces of information is processed in conjunction with the one or more queries to create one or more normalized characteristics for the first message. The one or more normalized characteristics for the first message are in a same format irrespective of the format of the pieces of information. The first message, and/or other messages, is processed based on at least one of the one or more normalized characteristics.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2013Publication date: October 24, 2013Inventors: Nicholas A. Allen, Stefan R. Batres, Justin D. Brown, Jayteerth N. Katti, Stephen Maine, Edmund S.V. Pinto, Kenneth D. Wolf
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Patent number: 8533357Abstract: A mechanism for sending structured data using a corresponding byte stream. Upon accessing structured data such as a Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) envelope, a byte stream is generated. The byte stream includes bytes that represent the structured data, as well as a collection of bytes that represents properties about the byte stream such as, for example, a mode of communication. The byte stream may then be passed to a communication module (e.g., a TCP or Named Pipes module) capable of receiving and transmitting the byte stream.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2004Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Kenneth D. Wolf, Michael Steven Vernal, Christopher G. Kaler, Elliot Lee Waingold, Erik Bo Christensen, Jeffrey C. Schlimmer, Martin James Gudgin, Siddhartha Puri
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Publication number: 20130232226Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide for allowing processing code of a message to attach state thereto. More specifically, as a SOAP message is processed, various states known as properties (e.g., message security, message identifier, etc.) can be attached to the message for various purposes. In other words, embodiments provide for a properties object that represents a set of processing-level annotations to a message. These properties (representing the processing state of the headers or other portions of the message) can then be used by other component or modules for further processing purposes. Typically, these properties can then be removed (or sustained if desired) prior to transporting the SOAP message on the wire.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2013Publication date: September 5, 2013Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Douglas M. Purdy, Erik B. Christensen, Kenneth D. Wolf, Elliot L. Waingold