METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRACKING PROGRAM USAGE IN A COMPUTER SYSTEM

Patent №

US 5,949,415

Granted

1999-09-07

Filed 1997

Owner

INTEL CORPORATION

Lab

AI components

1

hardware

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

08762580

An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for monitoring application program usage in a computer system having an operating system which controls execution of one or more application programs, with each application program consisting of an executable task and one or more executable subtasks. The method includes the steps of detecting an executable task or subtask executing under the operating system, identifying an application program associated with the executable task or subtask, and tracking information relating to execution of the task or subtask in a manner that does not interfere with their execution.

AI hardwareG06F 11/3476G06F 11/3466

AI classification

AI hardware0.56
Planning0.12
Knowledge representation0.00
Machine learning0.00
Evolutionary computation0.00
Natural language0.00
Vision0.00
Speech0.00

Ownership

INTEL CORPORATION

assignment · 85810607

Assignors

LIN, CHIHUAN MICHAEL, TAN, LANI JEAN

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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