Patents by Inventor Paul Jack Turner

Paul Jack Turner 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).

  • User mode interrupts
    Patent number: 10684970
    Abstract: A method includes for each processed interrupt: identifying an interrupt associated with a first interrupt number; determining that the interrupt is designated as a special interrupt, the special interrupt being an interrupt to be translated to a different interrupt number only if the hardware processor is in user mode; determining a current execution mode for the hardware processor; for each interrupt in operating system mode, delivering the interrupt as the first interrupt number; and for each interrupt in user mode: translating the first interrupt number to a second interrupt number; and delivering the interrupt as the second interrupt number, wherein the current execution mode is determined to be an operating system mode for at least one of the interrupts, and the current execution mode is determined to be a user mode for at least an additional one of the interrupts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin C. Serebrin, Michael R. Marty, Paul Jack Turner
  • User mode interrupts
    Patent number: 9965413
    Abstract: A method includes for each processed interrupt: identifying an interrupt associated with a first interrupt number; determining that the interrupt is designated as a special interrupt, the special interrupt being an interrupt to be translated to a different interrupt number only if the hardware processor is in user mode; determining a current execution mode for the hardware processor; for each interrupt in operating system mode, delivering the interrupt as the first interrupt number; and for each interrupt in user mode: translating the first interrupt number to a second interrupt number; and delivering the interrupt as the second interrupt number, wherein the current execution mode is determined to be an operating system mode for at least one of the interrupts, and the current execution mode is determined to be a user mode for at least an additional one of the interrupts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin C. Serebrin, Michael R. Marty, Paul Jack Turner
  • User mode interrupts
    Patent number: 9594704
    Abstract: A method includes for each processed interrupt: identifying an interrupt associated with a first interrupt number; determining that the interrupt is designated as a special interrupt, the special interrupt being an interrupt to be translated to a different interrupt number only if the hardware processor is in user mode; determining a current execution mode for the hardware processor; for each interrupt in operating system mode, delivering the interrupt as the first interrupt number; and for each interrupt in user mode: translating the first interrupt number to a second interrupt number; and delivering the interrupt as the second interrupt number, wherein the current execution mode is determined to be an operating system mode for at least one of the interrupts, and the current execution mode is determined to be a user mode for at least an additional one of the interrupts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin C. Serebrin, Michael R. Marty, Paul Jack Turner