Patents by Inventor Michael Ray Norris

Michael Ray Norris 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).

  • Fragment compression for coarse pixel shading
    Patent number: 11961179
    Abstract: One embodiment provides for a graphics processing unit comprising a processing cluster to perform multi-rate shading via coarse pixel shading and output shaded coarse pixels for processing by a post-shader pixel processing pipeline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Prasoonkumar Surti, Abhishek R. Appu, Subhajit Dasgupta, Srivallaba Mysore, Michael J. Norris, Vasanth Ranganathan, Joydeep Ray
  • Memory space protection
    Patent number: 11409669
    Abstract: Executable memory space is protected by receiving, from a process, a request to configure a portion of memory with a memory protection attribute that allows the process to perform at least one memory operation on the portion of the memory. Thereafter, the request is responded to with a grant, configuring the portion of memory with a different memory protection attribute than the requested memory protection attribute. The different memory protection attribute restricting the at least one memory operation from being performed by the process on the portion of the memory. In addition, it is detected when the process attempts, in accordance with the grant, the at least one memory operation at the configured portion of memory. Related systems and articles of manufacture, including computer program products, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Cylance Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Ray Norris, Derek A. Soeder
  • Memory Space Protection
    Publication number: 20210011858
    Abstract: Executable memory space is protected by receiving, from a process, a request to configure a portion of memory with a memory protection attribute that allows the process to perform at least one memory operation on the portion of the memory. Thereafter, the request is responded to with a grant, configuring the portion of memory with a different memory protection attribute than the requested memory protection attribute. The different memory protection attribute restricting the at least one memory operation from being performed by the process on the portion of the memory. In addition, it is detected when the process attempts, in accordance with the grant, the at least one memory operation at the configured portion of memory. Related systems and articles of manufacture, including computer program products, are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Michael Ray Norris, Derek A. Soeder
  • Memory space protection
    Patent number: 10824572
    Abstract: Executable memory space is protected by receiving, from a process, a request to configure a portion of memory with a memory protection attribute that allows the process to perform at least one memory operation on the portion of the memory. Thereafter, the request is responded to with a grant, configuring the portion of memory with a different memory protection attribute than the requested memory protection attribute. The different memory protection attribute restricting the at least one memory operation from being performed by the process on the portion of the memory. In addition, it is detected when the process attempts, in accordance with the grant, the at least one memory operation at the configured portion of memory. Related systems and articles of manufacture, including computer program products, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Cylance Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Ray Norris, Derek A. Soeder
  • Memory Space Protection
    Publication number: 20180074976
    Abstract: Executable memory space is protected by receiving, from a process, a request to configure a portion of memory with a memory protection attribute that allows the process to perform at least one memory operation on the portion of the memory. Thereafter, the request is responded to with a grant, configuring the portion of memory with a different memory protection attribute than the requested memory protection attribute. The different memory protection attribute restricting the at least one memory operation from being performed by the process on the portion of the memory. In addition, it is detected when the process attempts, in accordance with the grant, the at least one memory operation at the configured portion of memory. Related systems and articles of manufacture, including computer program products, are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Michael Ray Norris, Derek A. Soeder