Patents by Inventor Phillip Brian Scott

Phillip Brian Scott 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).

  • Cross-process common system resource data sharing
    Patent number: 7665091
    Abstract: A system and method is provided for sharing constrained resources between two or more processes running within a common operating environment. The system is implemented by establishing a communications interface to each process sharing the resource data. The method obtains the resource data to be shared from one or more resource sources. In communication with the processes, the communications interface receives resource data requests and processes the requests with the resource data. Finally, the method communicates the processed resource data request, via the communications link, to the requesting process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Suresh Venkatraman, Phillip Brian Scott, Chad N. R. Knudson
  • Cross-process common system resource data sharing
    Patent number: 6920633
    Abstract: A system and method is provided for sharing constrained resources between two or more processes running within a common operating environment. The system is implemented by establishing a communications interface to each process sharing the resource data. The method obtains the resource data to be shared from one or more resource sources. In communication with the processes, the communications interface receives resource data requests and processes the requests with the resource data. Finally, the method communicates the processed resource data request, via the communications link, to the requesting process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Suresh Venkatraman, Phillip Brian Scott, Chad N. R. Knudson