Ronald O Radko

6366966, Apr 2, 2002

Dec 13, 1994

08/355998

Stuart T. Laney - Seattle WA
Christopher J. Guzak - Kirkland WA
Kurt J. Eckhardt - Redmond WA
Frederick J. DeWitt - Kirkland WA
Ronald O. Radko - Bellevue WA

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G06F 1130

710 18, 710 15, 710 16, 710 17, 709318

A method and system for automatically running a program stored on a medium upon detection of insertion of the medium into a drive are provided. The operating system periodically polls the drive regarding the status of the drive. After receiving a response from the drive regarding the drives status, the operating system determines whether the drives status has changed. If the drives status has changed, the operating system broadcasts a message indicating the change in the drives status. When the shell receives a message from the operating system indicating a change in the drives status, the shell determines whether the change in the drives status indicates that a medium has been inserted into the drive. If the change in the drives status indicates that a medium has been inserted into the drive, the shell searches for a predefined file on the medium. The shell then runs a program stored on the medium that is specified in the predefined file.

6801994, Oct 5, 2004

Dec 20, 2000

09/745894

Richard Dennis Beckert - Lake Stevens WA
Sharon Drasnin - Seattle WA
Ronald Otto Radko - Kirkland WA

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G06F 1208

711207, 711206, 711103, 711104, 711105, 711159, 711160

Methods and systems for operating automotive computing devices are described. In one embodiment, a small amount of static RAM (SRAM) is incorporated into an automotive computing device and is battery-backed to provide a non-volatile memory space in which critical data, e. g. the object store, can be maintained in the event of a power loss. Circuitry is provided to ensure that the SRAM receives back up power from the battery at appropriate times. Software manages the SRAM and the other storage assembly components and makes use of virtual paging or virtual addressing techniques to keep track of where various pages, including object store pages, are stored in the system.

6862651, Mar 1, 2005

Dec 20, 2000

09/745454

Richard Dennis Beckert - Lake Stevens WA, US
Sharon Drasnin - Seattle WA, US
Ronald Otto Radko - Kirkland WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G06F012/00

711103, 711104, 711105, 711165, 713330, 713340, 701 29

Methods and systems for operating automotive computing devices are described. In one embodiment, a small amount of static RAM (SRAM) is incorporated into an automotive computing device. The SRAM is battery-backed to provide a non-volatile memory space in which critical data can be maintained in the event of a power loss. Circuitry is provided to ensure that the SRAM receives back up power from the battery at the appropriate time. Software manages the SRAM and the other storage assembly components and makes use of virtual paging or virtual addressing techniques to keep track of where various pages, including object store pages, are stored in the system. The software knows exactly where all of the object store pages are stored so that in the event of a power loss, the page locations are known and hence the pages can be used when power is restored.

6904494, Jun 7, 2005

May 27, 2004

10/856081

Richard Dennis Beckert - Lake Stevens WA, US
Sharon Drasnin - Seattle WA, US
Ronald Otto Radko - Kirkland WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G06F012/00
G06F012/08

711103, 711104, 711105, 711206, 711207, 711159, 711160, 711165

Programmable automotive computing devices and methods are described. In but one embodiment, the automotive computing device is programmed to copy an object store into device flash memory and to create an object store page table in device SRAM that is configured to track the locations of all of the object store pages in the device.

6957314, Oct 18, 2005

Oct 27, 2004

10/974297

Richard Dennis Beckert - Lake Stevens WA, US
Sharon Drasnin - Seattle WA, US
Ronald Otto Radko - Kirkland WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G06F012/08

711206, 711207, 711103, 711104, 711105, 711159, 711160

Automotive computing devices are described. In one embodiment, the system comprises means for maintaining a translation look-aside buffer that contains entries for recently translated virtual page addresses; means for maintaining a page table in device memory that contains a map for every valid virtual page address; and means for maintaining an object store page table in device SRAM that contains information associated with locations for every object store page.

7000075, Feb 14, 2006

Jun 3, 2004

10/860880

Richard Dennis Beckert - Lake Stevens WA, US
Sharon Drasnin - Seattle WA, US
Ronald Otto Radko - Kirkland WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G06F 12/00
G06F 9/445

711133, 711103, 711104, 711105, 711206, 711207, 711135, 713 2

Methods and systems for operating automotive computing devices are described. In one embodiment, an automotive computing device is provided having a processor, volatile memory, non-volatile memory, and SRAM. An object store is provided for the computing device in the non-volatile memory. One or more pages from the object store are maintained in the SRAM.

7043613, May 9, 2006

May 27, 2004

10/856257

Richard D. Beckert - Lake Stevens WA, US
Sharon Drasnin - Seattle WA, US
Ronald Otto Radko - Kirkland WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G06F 12/00

711159, 711104, 711103, 711135, 711202

A method for facilitating fast start-up/shut-down of a computing device having a processor, volatile memory, non-volatile memory, and SRAM is described. In one embodiment, an object store for the computing device is provided in the non-volatile memory. A fast lossless shut-down of the computing device may be accomplished by periodically writing data from the object store to a non-volatile medium during operation of the computing device.

7051160, May 23, 2006

Oct 6, 2005

11/245346

Richard D. Beckert - Lake Stevens WA, US
Sharon Drasnin - Seattle WA, US
Ronald Otto Radko - Kirkland WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G06F 12/00
G06F 9/445

711133, 711103, 711104, 711105, 711206, 711207, 711135, 713 2

Methods and systems for operating automotive computing devices are described. In one embodiment, an automotive computing device is provided having a processor, volatile memory, non-volatile memory, and SRAM. An object store is provided for the computing device in the non-volatile memory. One or more pages from the object store are maintained in the SRAM.