Patents by Inventor Lynn Qinlin Tang

Lynn Qinlin Tang 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).

  • Function injector
    Patent number: 6996808
    Abstract: This invention provides a system and method for instrumenting an executable file by replacing an original function in the executable file with a user-supplied function and enabling the user-supplied function to invoke the original function. In particular, the executable file includes an access to the original function. To instrument the executable file, the access to the original function is replaced with an access to the user-supplied function. Access information associated with the original function is retained, which enables the user-supplied function to locate the original function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jack Niewiadomski, Lynn Qinlin Tang, A. S. Sivakumar