Patents by Inventor Randall Edward Aull

Randall Edward Aull 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).

  • Patent number: 10649485
    Abstract: Described are examples for synchronizing multiple timing sources in a computing device. At least a first clock associated with a first timing source and a second clock associated with a second timing source can be maintained at the computing device. A request for an indication of a difference in values between the first clock and the second clock can be received from the application. A first elapsed time of the first clock and a second elapsed time of the second clock from a previous instance of an event can be determined by the computing device at an instance of a reoccurring event in a domain of one of the first timing source or the second timing source. An indication related to the first elapsed time and the second elapsed time can be provided to the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Anthony Yuting Chen, Vivek Gupta, Randall Edward Aull, Benjamin Allen Pullen, Kiran Kudli Anantha Shastry
  • Publication number: 20190101953
    Abstract: Described are examples for synchronizing multiple timing sources in a computing device. At least a first clock associated with a first timing source and a second clock associated with a second timing source can be maintained at the computing device. A request for an indication of a difference in values between the first clock and the second clock can be received from the application. A first elapsed time of the first clock and a second elapsed time of the second clock from a previous instance of an event can be determined by the computing device at an instance of a reoccurring event in a domain of one of the first timing source or the second timing source. An indication related to the first elapsed time and the second elapsed time can be provided to the application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Anthony Yuting CHEN, Vivek GUPTA, Randall Edward AULL, Benjamin Allen PULLEN, Kiran Kudli Anantha SHASTRY
  • Patent number: 8892493
    Abstract: A “Compatibility Tester” extracts observable behaviors from different system implementations (e.g., software, operating systems, device drivers, hardware interfaces, etc.), then performs compatibility testing via comparisons of the extracted behaviors. Traces (e.g., bus level signals between controllers and hardware devices or commands between software components) representing observable behaviors of different implementations of a system are captured. Temporal and structural rules are then mined from these traces. The mined rules (or a model constructed from those rules) are used by a “Rule Checking” process that determines whether reference rules (mined from a known compatible system) are compatible with rules mined from test traces of a second system. Invalid rules are flagged as behavioral compatibility bugs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Randall Edward Aull, Pankaj Bharti Gupta, Robert Eugene Harris, Jr., Jane Evguenia Lawrence, Venkatesh-Prasad Ranganath, Pradip Harindran Vallathol
  • Publication number: 20120159250
    Abstract: A “Compatibility Tester” extracts observable behaviors from different system implementations (e.g., software, operating systems, device drivers, hardware interfaces, etc.), then performs compatibility testing via comparisons of the extracted behaviors. Traces (e.g., bus level signals between controllers and hardware devices or commands between software components) representing observable behaviors of different implementations of a system are captured. Temporal and structural rules are then mined from these traces. The mined rules (or a model constructed from those rules) are used by a “Rule Checking” process that determines whether reference rules (mined from a known compatible system) are compatible with rules mined from test traces of a second system. Invalid rules are flagged as behavioral compatibility bugs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Randall Edward Aull, Pankaj Bharti Gupta, Robert Eugene Harris, JR., Jane Evguenia Lawrence, Venkatesh-Prasad Ranganath, Pradip Harindran Vallathol