Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

A S Sivakumar

Amit Mital

Donald James McCrady

Jack Niewiadomski

Lynn Qinlin Tang

The invention provides a database schema for representing a workflow process definition (e.g., a schedule). The database schema may also include one or more bindings associated with the schedule, as well as persisted state information and data. The invention further includes a method for storing schedule information in a storage medium, as well as a computer-readable medium having a data structure stored thereon. The storage of schedule-related information provides for ease of version control, and ease of distribution, for example, where several engines point to the same database as a single source of transaction processing or workflow schedule definitions. The definitional database schema may be advantageously employed to reconstruct the schedule definition language solely from information in a database. In addition, the schema may be used for storing instances of running schedules and data associated therewith. This allows ease of schedule state and data monitoring using existing database query tools.

Method for persisting a schedule and database schema

This invention provides a system and method for instrumenting an executable file by replacing an original function in the executable file with a user-supplied function and enabling the user-supplied function to invoke the original function. In particular, the executable file includes an access to the original function. To instrument the executable file, the access to the original function is replaced with an access to the user-supplied function. Access information associated with the original function is retained, which enables the user-supplied function to locate the original function.

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Issaquah, WA, United States of America

A S Sivakumar