Patents by Inventor Kieran Mockford

Kieran Mockford 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).

  • Tracking file access patterns during a software build
    Publication number: 20070168974
    Abstract: Those files accessed by tools during a build process are invisibly tracked in such a way that the information can then be used to drive an incremental build of just enough files to bring the build fully up to date. The tracking information includes the association between distinct tool processes. Each build tool has its own file activity tracked, each thread of operation within tools are tracked separately and a tracking log is associated with a chain of tool processes so that when the tracking logs are interpreted the context in which they were created is preserved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2005
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Kieran Mockford
  • Using file access patterns in providing an incremental software build
    Publication number: 20070136718
    Abstract: Those files accessed by tools during a build process are invisibly tracked in such a way that the information can then be used to drive an incremental build of just enough files to bring the build fully up to date. The tracking information includes the association between distinct tool processes. Each build tool has its own file activity tracked, each thread of operation within tools are tracked separately and a tracking log is associated with a chain of tool processes so that when the tracking logs are interpreted the context in which they were created is preserved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2005
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Kieran Mockford