Patents by Inventor Ronnie Donnel Yates, Jr.

Ronnie Donnel Yates, Jr. 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: 8875271
    Abstract: Mechanisms are disclosed that allow for execution of unsigned content and the securing of resources in a closed system when such unsigned content is executing on the system. For example, an access layer is used between an operating system layer of the closed system and the actual unsigned content. This access layer may contain various sub-layers, such as a graphics layer, an audio layer, an input layer, and a storage layer. These layers can control access that the unsigned content can have to the native operating system layers and the associated resources of the closed system. By providing such an access layer, unsigned content, e.g., video games, can run on the closed system that is typically designed to run only signed content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ronnie Donnel Yates, Jr., Albert Sing Ho, Thomas Wayne Miller, Jr., Paul L. Bleisch