Patents by Inventor Steve J. Steiner

Steve J. Steiner 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).

  • Debugging interpreted input
    Patent number: 8225286
    Abstract: A method and system to implement debugging interpreted input is described herein. One or more Intermediate Language (IL) islands are generated. Each IL island maps to one or more lines of source code. The interpreter reads a line of source code and parses the line of source code for a command. Before executing the command, the interpreter may call into the corresponding IL island. The IL island may include a breakpoint that corresponds to a set breakpoint in the mapped one or more lines of source code. The IL island may include a function. When calling the IL island, the interpreter may pass in a function pointer, one or more states of one or more variables, a representation of a call stack, or any other parameters. The IL islands enable a debug tool to do source-level debugging of languages executed by an interpreter without architectural changes to the interpreter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathon Michael Stall, Richard M. Byers, Steve J. Steiner
  • Debugging Interpreted Input
    Publication number: 20070277165
    Abstract: A method and system to implement debugging interpreted input is described herein. One or more Intermediate Language (IL) islands are generated. Each IL island maps to one or more lines of source code. The interpreter reads a line of source code and parses the line of source code for a command. Before executing the command, the interpreter may call into the corresponding IL island. The IL island may include a breakpoint that corresponds to a set breakpoint in the mapped one or more lines of source code. The IL island may include a function. When calling the IL island, the interpreter may pass in a function pointer, one or more states of one or more variables, a representation of a call stack, or any other parameters. The IL islands enable a debug tool to do source-level debugging of languages executed by an interpreter without architectural changes to the interpreter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2006
    Publication date: November 29, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathon Michael Stall, Richard M. Byers, Steve J. Steiner