Patents by Inventor Randall Allen Lehner

Randall Allen Lehner 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).

  • Control of applications that use system resources
    Patent number: 10574554
    Abstract: System resources on a computer system are conserved by controlling the applications that use those system resources. This can be accomplished by monitoring an indication of use of a system resource by a plurality of applications, determining whether the indication of use exceeds a predetermined threshold of use, if the indication of use exceeds the predetermined threshold of use then bundling the applications using that system resource into a resource group, and assigning a resource usage rate to the resource group for a period of time, the assigned resource usage rate being below the indication of use of that system resource, and the assigned resource usage rate applying collectively to the applications in the resource group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Randall Allen Lehner, Preetam Nithyanand Shetty, Robert Michael Samer
  • Control of Applications That Use System Resources
    Publication number: 20170324633
    Abstract: System resources on a computer system are conserved by controlling the applications that use those system resources. This can be accomplished by monitoring an indication of use of a system resource by a plurality of applications, determining whether the indication of use exceeds a predetermined threshold of use, if the indication of use exceeds the predetermined threshold of use then bundling the applications using that system resource into a resource group, and assigning a resource usage rate to the resource group for a period of time, the assigned resource usage rate being below the indication of use of that system resource, and the assigned resource usage rate applying collectively to the applications in the resource group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Randall Allen Lehner, Preetam Nithyanand Shetty, Robert Michael Samer