Patents by Inventor Neil W. Konzen

Neil W. Konzen 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).

  • Application programming interface techniques for accessing operating system resources
    Patent number: 7730500
    Abstract: An operating system includes APIs developed in part to support recent innovations in computer hardware and in part to provide enhanced services to application programs. Among their other features, these APIs provide access to operating system functionality in a manner that is comprehensive, efficient, usable, extendible and, in some cases, reusable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Chee Heng Chew, Neil W. Konzen
  • Method and system for accessing operating system resources
    Patent number: 6961944
    Abstract: An operating system includes APIs developed in part to support recent innovations in computer hardware and in part to provide enhanced services to application programs. Among their other features, these APIs provide access to operating system functionality in a manner that is comprehensive, efficient, usable, extendible and, in some cases, reusable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2005
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Chee Heng Chew, Neil W. Konzen
  • Method and system for accessing operating system resources
    Patent number: 6826758
    Abstract: An operating system includes APIs developed in part to support recent innovations in computer hardware and in part to provide enhanced services to application programs. Among their other features, these APIs provide access to operating system functionality in a manner that is comprehensive, efficient, usable, extendible and, in some cases, reusable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Chee Heng Chew, Neil W. Konzen