Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

David B Lamkins

Andrew Bard Hanson

John Todd Larason

Stephen Caird

Alan C Packer

Todd J Anderson

A category name service is provided to conditionally return a category name for a data object upon request. The category name is returned is the category name is known or if the requester has subscribed for dynamic determination service, and the dynamic determination is successful. In selected embodiments, the category name service includes the dynamic determination service. In selected embodiments, the category name service also provides for the requestor to request review of a returned category name and/or request override of a returned category name. In selected embodiments, the category name service also includes the dynamic determination, review, and/or override service.

Category name service able to override the category name based on requestor privilege information

A method of receiving a network resource address and creating a copy of the network resource and storing the created copy in a database is provided. This creation and storage of a copy of the network resource is performed when there does not exist, in the database, information derived from the resource pointed to by the network address.

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Portland, OR, United States of America

David B Lamkins