Patents by Inventor Ryan Byington

Ryan Byington 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: 9390152
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to dynamically adapting metadata for use with a native data encoding and to efficiently modifying object model type references. In one scenario, a computer system instantiates a metadata reader over an object model description to access various portions of metadata in the object model description. The metadata reader is configured to read native metadata, where native metadata is metadata represented in an encoding that is expected by the metadata reader. The metadata reader determines that the accessed metadata is encoded in a non-native encoding and then determines which metadata modifications are to be performed to transform the non-native encoding into a native encoding. The computer system then dynamically adapts the metadata of the object model from a non-native encoding to a native encoding according to the determined modifications. As such, the object model is readable by a native runtime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jesse D. Kaplan, Shawn Farkas, Raja Krishnaswamy, Richard M. Byers, Ryan A. Byington
  • Patent number: 9183001
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to providing a simulation of a type-level construct on an interface instance and to maintaining a token-based event handling system. In one scenario, a computer system instantiates an interface instance that includes an instance object and multiple instance members. The computer system also instantiates a separate typed object which is configured to maintain one or more simulated type-level parameterized constructors. The computer system then associates the instantiated interface instance with the separate typed object. The typed object routes method invocations from the interface instance to various simulated type-level parameterized constructors and static members of the type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Shawn Farkas, Jesse D. Kaplan, Ladislav Prosek, Richard M. Byers, Ryan A. Byington
  • Publication number: 20140379740
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to dynamically adapting metadata for use with a native data encoding and to efficiently modifying object model type references. In one scenario, a computer system instantiates a metadata reader over an object model description to access various portions of metadata in the object model description. The metadata reader is configured to read native metadata, where native metadata is metadata represented in an encoding that is expected by the metadata reader. The metadata reader determines that the accessed metadata is encoded in a non-native encoding and then determines which metadata modifications are to be performed to transform the non-native encoding into a native encoding. The computer system then dynamically adapts the metadata of the object model from a non-native encoding to a native encoding according to the determined modifications. As such, the object model is readable by a native runtime.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Jesse D. Kaplan, Shawn Farkas, Raja Krishnaswamy, Richard M. Byers, Ryan A. Byington
  • Patent number: 8849996
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to dynamically adapting metadata for use with a native data encoding and to efficiently modifying object model type references. In one scenario, a computer system instantiates a metadata reader over an object model description to access various portions of metadata in the object model description. The metadata reader is configured to read native metadata, where native metadata is metadata represented in an encoding that is expected by the metadata reader. The metadata reader determines that the accessed metadata is encoded in a non-native encoding and then determines which metadata modifications are to be performed to transform the non-native encoding into a native encoding. The computer system then dynamically adapts the metadata of the object model from a non-native encoding to a native encoding according to the determined modifications. As such, the object model is readable by a native runtime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jesse D. Kaplan, Shawn Farkas, Raja Krishnaswamy, Richard M. Byers, Ryan A. Byington
  • Publication number: 20130066622
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to providing a simulation of a type-level construct on an interface instance and to maintaining a token-based event handling system. In one scenario, a computer system instantiates an interface instance that includes an instance object and multiple instance members. The computer system also instantiates a separate typed object which is configured to maintain one or more simulated type-level parameterized constructors. The computer system then associates the instantiated interface instance with the separate typed object. The typed object routes method invocations from the interface instance to various simulated type-level parameterized constructors and static members of the type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shawn Farkas, Jesse D. Kaplan, Ladislav Prosek, Richard M. Byers, Ryan A. Byington
  • Publication number: 20130067053
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to dynamically adapting metadata for use with a native data encoding and to efficiently modifying object model type references. In one scenario, a computer system instantiates a metadata reader over an object model description to access various portions of metadata in the object model description. The metadata reader is configured to read native metadata, where native metadata is metadata represented in an encoding that is expected by the metadata reader. The metadata reader determines that the accessed metadata is encoded in a non-native encoding and then determines which metadata modifications are to be performed to transform the non-native encoding into a native encoding. The computer system then dynamically adapts the metadata of the object model from a non-native encoding to a native encoding according to the determined modifications. As such, the object model is readable by a native runtime.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jesse D. Kaplan, Shawn Farkas, Raja Krishnaswamy, Richard M. Byers, Ryan A. Byington
  • Patent number: 7890320
    Abstract: Various technologies and techniques are disclosed for providing a numeric tower that represents a structure supporting statically defined numeric data types. The numeric data types each are operable to implement a different but accurate representation of a particular value. Numeric operations are supported for the numeric tower that can be performed with any of the statically defined numeric data types. The numeric tower is extensible, and allows for additional statically defined numeric data types to be added, as well as operations. The numeric tower is also operable to detect overflow situations. For example, suppose a result of an operation will result in an overflow situation because the operation does not fit within a range supported by the particular numeric type. The system converts the numeric type to a different one of the numeric data types when the result does not fit within a range supported by the first one.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Melitta Andersen, Ryan Byington, Brian Grunkemeyer, James S. Miller, Anthony J. Moore, Ariel Weinstein
  • Publication number: 20080262801
    Abstract: Various technologies and techniques are disclosed for providing a numeric tower that represents a structure supporting statically defined numeric data types. The numeric data types each are operable to implement a different but accurate representation of a particular value. Numeric operations are supported for the numeric tower that can be performed with any of the statically defined numeric data types. The numeric tower is extensible, and allows for additional statically defined numeric data types to be added, as well as operations. The numeric tower is also operable to detect overflow situations. For example, suppose a result of an operation will result in an overflow situation because the operation does not fit within a range supported by the particular numeric type. The system converts the numeric type to a different one of the numeric data types when the result does not fit within a range supported by the first one.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2007
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Melitta Andersen, Ryan Byington, Brian Grunkemeyer, James S. Miller, Anthony J. Moore, Ariel Weinstein