Christopher Mark Burrows

US Patent:

7685563, Mar 23, 2010

Filed:

Mar 1, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/790663

Inventors:

Rahul Kumar - Kirkland WA, US
Joshua Shepard - Seattle WA, US
Kevin Perry - Redmond WA, US
Diane Melde - Poulsbo WA, US
Izydor Gryko - Sammamish WA, US
C. Douglas Hodges - Sammamish WA, US
Jemy Huang - Redmond WA, US
Christopher Joseph Burrows - Seattle WA, US
Svetlozar Keremidarski - Bothell WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 9/44

US Classification:

717107, 717108, 717116, 717120, 717121

Abstract:

An extensible project system for software development is provided by allowing a flavor, with a specific purpose, to be applied to a base project system. More than one flavor may be applied. Where components are distributed objects, such as where COM (component object model) is used, the project system is assembled by aggregation of a base project object, which contains some data for creating a project system with a flavor object, which modifies the project system. The base project object is the participating object in the aggregation and the flavor object is the controlling object. Multiple flavors may be applied to create a project system intended for multiple purposes, corresponding to the applied flavors.

US Patent:

7900159, Mar 1, 2011

Filed:

Jun 18, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/820120

Inventors:

Anson Tsao - Redmond WA, US
Christopher Burrows - Seattle WA, US
Ryan Molden - Redmond WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 3/048

US Classification:

715810, 715813, 715817, 715841

Abstract:

Techniques are described for representing commands of a user interface of an application. One or more command descriptions for one or more commands are received. Each of the command descriptions has one or more properties and represents an instance of one of the commands. One or more command group descriptions for one or more command groups are received. Each of the command group descriptions has one or more properties, represents an instance of one of the command groups at a level in a group hierarchy, and specifies one or more group members. Each of the group members represents a derived instance of one of the commands or a derived instance of one of the command groups. Properties of each derived instance of a command and each derived instance of a command group inherit properties from one or more ancestor instances.

US Patent:

8245210, Aug 14, 2012

Filed:

May 22, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/470746

Inventors:

Samuel Ng - Bellevue WA, US
Mads Torgersen - Issaquah WA, US
Martin Maly - Seattle WA, US
Christopher Joseph Burrows - Seattle WA, US
James Hugunin - Mercer Island WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 9/45

US Classification:

717153, 717140, 717151, 717152

Abstract:

Compile-time context information is captured and provided to a runtime binder for dynamic features in programming languages. For example, a C# run-time binder uses the information to perform a run-time bind with semantics matching the compiler's binding behavior. Dynamic programming language features supported relate to compound operations, events, delegates, member accessibility, dynamic-typed objects, structs passed by ref, arguments passed by name rather than position, extension methods, conditionally compiled methods, literal arguments, overflow checking, dynamic indexed properties, dynamic method groups, and static method groups.

US Patent:

20100299660, Nov 25, 2010

Filed:

May 21, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/469696

Inventors:

Mads Torgersen - Issaquah WA, US
Anders Hejlsberg - Seattle WA, US
James J. Hugunin - Mercer Island WA, US
Matthew J. Warren - Redmond WA, US
Neal Gafter - San Jose CA, US
Lucian Jules Wischik - Seattle WA, US
Robert Eric Lippert - Seattle WA, US
Samuel Y. Ng - Bellevue WA, US
Christopher Joseph Burrows - Seattle WA, US
Alex C. Turner - Bellevue WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 9/45
G06F 9/44

US Classification:

717148, 719332

Abstract:

A static type, called “dynamic”, is introduced into a statically bound programming language. An expression or subexpression that is defined as a static type called “dynamic” in the source code of a program written in the statically bound programming language, is bound based on its runtime type instead of on its compile time type. Binding can be performed based on a mixture of compile time and runtime types that are based on the specification of types of expressions in source code. This type of binding is called hybrid binding. Operations are bound using the runtime type of constituent expressions (i.e., the runtime type of a receiver, an argument, or an operand) typed as dynamic and the compile time type of static constituents. If any constituent expression of an operation is dynamic, binding occurs at runtime instead of at compile time.