Patents by Inventor Michael Steinert

Michael Steinert 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).

  • Process management providing operating mode switching within an electronic device
    Patent number: 9851964
    Abstract: A method of process management for facilitating switching of operating modes within an electronic device is presented. In the method, the electronic device initiates a first process associated in a configuration file with a first operating mode of the device. The configuration file includes an indication as to whether the first process is authorized to request a switch to a second operating mode of the device. A request to switch to the second operating mode is received from the first process. The device determines by way of the indication whether the first process is authorized to issue the request. If the first process is authorized to issue the request, the device initiates a second process associated in the configuration file with the second operating mode in response to the request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: ECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C.
    Inventors: Shiqiang Chu, Kan Man Wong, Keith Gerhards, Michael Steinert
  • PROCESS MANAGEMENT PROVIDING OPERATING MODE SWITCHING WITHIN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE
    Publication number: 20110078434
    Abstract: A method of process management for facilitating switching of operating modes within an electronic device is presented. In the method, the electronic device initiates a first process associated in a configuration file with a first operating mode of the device. The configuration file includes an indication as to whether the first process is authorized to request a switch to a second operating mode of the device. A request to switch to the second operating mode is received from the first process. The device determines by way of the indication whether the first process is authorized to issue the request. If the first process is authorized to issue the request, the device initiates a second process associated in the configuration file with the second operating mode in response to the request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicant: ECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C.
    Inventors: Shiqiang Chu, Kan Man Wong, Keith Gerhards, Michael Steinert