Patents by Inventor Keshava Subramanya

Keshava Subramanya 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).

  • Addressing system degradation by application disabling
    Patent number: 8781985
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a routine is executed that identifies one or more applications that consume resources of the computer without a benefit that justifies such consumption, with the routine comprising evaluating at least some data from a source external to the computer, and an ability of the one or more identified applications to start on the computer absent user input requesting or authorizing use of such an application is disabled. In some embodiments, the external source of data may, for example, comprise a remote database identifying potentially undesirable applications and/or a remote software reputation service. In some embodiments, a routine is executed that identifies one or more applications that consume resources of the computer without a benefit that justifies such consumption and that also identifies one or more resources or utilities that utilize the one or more applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Keshava Subramanya
  • ADDRESSING SYSTEM DEGRADATION BY APPLICATION DISABLING
    Publication number: 20120150785
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a routine is executed that identifies one or more applications that consume resources of the computer without a benefit that justifies such consumption, with the routine comprising evaluating at least some data from a source external to the computer, and an ability of the one or more identified applications to start on the computer absent user input requesting or authorizing use of such an application is disabled. In some embodiments, the external source of data may, for example, comprise a remote database identifying potentially undesirable applications and/or a remote software reputation service. In some embodiments, a routine is executed that identifies one or more applications that consume resources of the computer without a benefit that justifies such consumption and that also identifies one or more resources or utilities that utilize the one or more applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Keshava Subramanya