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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2011
Applicant:
Paul Sliwowicz, Seattle, WA (US);
Inventor:
Paul Sliwowicz, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 (2006.01); G06F 9/45 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Various embodiments provide a mechanism by which a driver writer can describe the operation set of a particular driver using an intermediary representation, such as an XML. A generation tool can then process the intermediary representation and generate client code and device driver code to support these operations. In one or more embodiments, driver operation and associated elements that support the driver operation can be described according to a customized schema that is specific to the operation of the particular device driver.