Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Jonathan I Shuval

Bruce Wayne Copeland

Michael L Davis

Or Ben-Natan

A computer-based uniform data interface (UDI) system for accessing in a uniform manner data from a data source with an arbitrary organization. The UDI system provides a UDI application programming interface (API) with functions for creating and accessing data organized into containers that contain one or more folders. Each folder optionally contains sub-folders and scalars. The UDI system also provides a UDI registry for registering types of containers and folders supported by a data source, for enumerating the types of containers and folders supported by the data source, and for instantiating container and folder objects corresponding to the data of the data source. A UDI mapper is provided for registering with the UDI registry types of containers and folders that represents the data of the data source, for instantiating in memory container and folder objects of the registered types, and for populating an instantiated container object with folders representing the data from the data source that is within the container. An application program invokes the UDI API functions to access data of data sources with arbitrary organizations.

Method and system for filtering in a uniform data interface

Computer-based uniform data interface (UDI) method and system using an

A method and system for consolidating related error reports is provided. In a preferred embodiment, an facility preferably implemented in software ('the facility') receives error reports and success reports generated by programs. When the facility receives a novel error report specifying an error source for which no error state is set, it sets an error state corresponding to the error report. The facility also preferably generates a consolidated error report at this point, which is delivered to a error state reporting subsystem. The error state reporting subsystem may add the consolidated error report to an error log and/or display it to a user. When the facility receives a redundant error report specifying an error source for which an error state is already set, the facility preferably does not set a new error state, nor does it generate a consolidated error report. When the facility receives a success report specifying an error source, it clears any error states that are set for the specified error source, and preferably generates a consolidated success report. The performance of the facility is preferably optimized by processing success reports asynchronously.

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Jonathan I Shuval