Intel Corporation

Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Anthony Toivonen

Rui Chen

Kok Wai Chan

Ying-Kin Tony Yip

Rahul Shrikant Newaskar

Method for providing an interface to a function that manages a plurality of entities. Computer-executable instructions receive a request to implement a change in configuration data. The configuration data is stored in a memory area and relates to an operation of one or more entities. In response to the received request, computer-executable instructions identify a plurality of the entities affected by the change and implement the change for the identified plurality of entities in accordance with the function.

Managing client configuration data

A distributed component system in which component object model (COM) clients can create components at run-time without knowledge of the specific names or capabilities of the network nodes servicing that creation is desirable. The components in the system are distributed among a client node and its server nodes. The system includes a client augmentation module to intercept and process client activation requests, and server augmentation modules monitoring activation requests from the client node. The server augmentation modules allow the client node to create remote components on the available server nodes without monitoring a detailed state of the network.

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