United Parcel Service of America, Inc.

Harland F Maier

David Allison Bennett

Paul A Bilibin

Jinyue Liu

William Ward Smith, Iii

Charles D Mentzer

Lynn Shaindell Goldhaber

Paul R McLaughlin

Hsiangwen S Hu

Reichie R Nelson

Matthew J Smith

Mark A Bjerke

Lory E Krett

Geoffrey Carl McGrath

Paul R Mclaughlin

William W Smith

Geoffrey Carl Mcgrath

The present invention includes systems and methods for the controlled deployment of software in a web-based environment where multiple versions of a single application are supported to provide field experience of various versions before general deployment. The systems and methods of the invention support backwards compatibility, which allows older versions of the same software to be accessed concurrently with newer (revised) versions. Likewise, data item opaqueness is supported whereby data items not recognized by a software level or tier are not rejected but are passed on to another tier or level where they may be recognized.

Controlled deployment of software in a web-based architecture

Growing community of inventors

Redmond, WA, United States of America

Harland F Maier