Enhanced runtime hosting

US7406699B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Microsoft Corporation · US

Inventors

• Weiwen Liu · Redmond, US
• Steven J. Pratschner · Duvall, US
• Ian Carmichael · Sammamish, US
• Peter A. Carlin · Seattle, US
• Christopher W. Brumme · Mercer Island, US
• Mason Bendixen · Bellevue, US
• Beysim Sezgin · Redmond, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 2, 2003
• Grant date: Jul 29, 2008
• Expiry date: Sep 18, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F9/50
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Systems and methods for enhanced runtime hosting are described. In one respect, the runtime identifies any abstraction interface(s) exposed by a host application. The abstraction interface(s) correspond to respective execution environment functionality implemented by the hosting application. During execution of runtime managed code and responsive to an action or event associated with an identified one of the respective execution environment abstractions, the runtime calls a specific interface or object corresponding to a specific one of the abstraction interface(s). This allows the host application to customize/enhance its execution environment, which includes the runtime, as a function of the implemented abstraction(s).