Patents by Inventor Neal R. Christensen

Neal R. Christensen 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).

  • MAPPING OF VIRTUALIZED SET-UP FREE APPLICATIONS FOR A COMPUTING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20170024198
    Abstract: A setup-free software application and related operating techniques are described herein. The setup-free application is contained within a package file that does not appear as a program file to the computing system. When the package file is opened, the computing system virtualizes the “installation” of the setup-free application without copying application files to the actual file system and without making any modifications to the actual registry. When the setup-free application is running, operating requests (such as file read requests, registry read requests, and file write requests) are directed to the contents of the package file. Such redirection away from the actual file system and away from the actual registry enables the computing system to run the setup-free application from the package file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Darwin Ou-Yang, Neal R. Christensen
  • Mapping of virtualized setup-free applications for a computing system
    Patent number: 9405521
    Abstract: A setup-free software application and related operating techniques are described herein. The setup-free application is contained within a package file that does not appear as a program file to the computing system. When the package file is opened, the computing system virtualizes the “installation” of the setup-free application without copying application files to the actual file system and without making any modifications to the actual registry. When the setup-free application is running, operating requests (such as file read requests, registry read requests, and file write requests) are directed to the contents of the package file. Such redirection away from the actual file system and away from the actual registry enables the computing system to run the setup-free application from the package file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Darwin Ou-Yang, Neal R. Christensen
  • Mapping of virtualized setup-free applications for a computing system
    Publication number: 20080010630
    Abstract: A setup-free software application and related operating techniques are described herein. The setup-free application is contained within a package file that does not appear as a program file to the computing system. When the package file is opened, the computing system virtualizes the “installation” of the setup-free application without copying application files to the actual file system and without making any modifications to the actual registry. When the setup-free application is running, operating requests (such as file read requests, registry read requests, and file write requests) are directed to the contents of the package file. Such redirection away from the actual file system and away from the actual registry enables the computing system to run the setup-free application from the package file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Publication date: January 10, 2008
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Darwin Ou-Yang, Neal R. Christensen