Patents by Inventor Steve M. Bennett

Steve M. Bennett 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: 7318141
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided to control the execution of a virtual machine (VM). A VM Monitor (VMM) accesses VM Control Structures (VMCS) indirectly through access instructions passed to a processor. In one embodiment, the access instructions include VMCS component identifiers used by the processor to determine the appropriate storage location for the VMCS components. The processor identifies the appropriate storage location for the VMCS component within the processor storage or within memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2008
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Steve M. Bennett, Gilbert Neiger, Erik C. Cota-Robles, Stalinselvaraj Jeyasingh, Alain Kagi, Michael A. Kozuch, Richard A. Uhlig, Larry Smith, Dion Rodgers, Andrew Glew, Erich Boleyn
  • Publication number: 20040117539
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided to control the execution of a virtual machine (VM). A VM Monitor (VMM) accesses VM Control Structures (VMCS) indirectly through access instructions passed to a processor. In one embodiment, the access instructions include VMCS component identifiers used by the processor to determine the appropriate storage location for the VMCS components. The processor identifies the appropriate storage location for the VMCS component within the processor storage or within memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2002
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Steve M. Bennett, Gilbert Neiger, Erik C. Cota-Robles, Stalinselvaraj Jeyasingh, Alain Kagi, Michael A. Kozuch, Richard A. Uhlig, Larry Smith, Dion Rodgers, Andrew Glew, Erich Boleyn