Patents by Inventor Michael Charles Crandall

Michael Charles Crandall 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).

  • Operating system support for game mode
    Patent number: 10248459
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein are related to systems, methods, and computer readable medium for allocating one or more system resources for the exclusive use of an application. The embodiments include receiving a request for an exclusive allocation of one or more system resources for a first application, the one or more system resources being useable by the first application and one or more second applications; determining an appropriate amount of the one or more system resources that are to be allocated exclusively to the first application; and partitioning the one or more system resources into a first portion that is allocated for the exclusive use of the first application and a second portion that is not allocated for the exclusive use of the first application, the second portion being available for the use of the one or more second applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Gregory John Colombo, Logananth Seetharaman, Graham Wong, Mehmet Iyigun, Steven Michel Pronovost, Thomas Fahrig, Thobias Jones, Michael Charles Crandall, James Andrew Goossen
  • OPERATING SYSTEM SUPPORT FOR GAME MODE
    Publication number: 20170269968
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein are related to systems, methods, and computer readable medium for allocating one or more system resources for the exclusive use of an application. The embodiments include receiving a request for an exclusive allocation of one or more system resources for a first application, the one or more system resources being useable by the first application and one or more second applications; determining an appropriate amount of the one or more system resources that are to be allocated exclusively to the first application; and partitioning the one or more system resources into a first portion that is allocated for the exclusive use of the first application and a second portion that is not allocated for the exclusive use of the first application, the second portion being available for the use of the one or more second applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Gregory John Colombo, Logananth Seetharaman, Graham Wong, Mehmet lyigun, Steve Michel Pronovost, Thomas Fahrig, Thobias Jones, Michael Charles Crandall, James Andrew Goossen