Patent №
US 5,485,574
Granted
1996-01-16
Filed 1993
Owner
MICROSOFT CORPORATION
Lab
AI components
1
hardware
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
08147645
An operating provides a facility within its kernel for monitoring program performance. The facility may monitor user level programs as well as portions of the operating system, such as the kernel. The facility counts instructions and/or function calls to provide a useful performance metric to a user of the system. The count is forwarded to a user level monitoring program. The inclusion of the facility within the kernel enhances the speed of performance monitoring and enables the operating system to be directly monitored by the facility.
AI classification
Ownership
MICROSOFT CORPORATION
assignment · 67550115
Assignors
BOLOSKY, WILLIAM J., RASHID, RICHARD F.
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.