Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Petru Moldovanu

Arye Gittelman

Sterling John Crockett

Patrick Miller

Jonathan E Rivers-Moore

Erin Megan Riley

Balbir Singh

Xiaomei Wang

Cindy Liao Hartwig

Jane T Kim

Miladin Pavlicic

Ned Bearer Friend

Shiraz Jitendra Cupala

Anthony Christopher Bloesch

Aditi Mandal

Jonathan Fred Keslin

Ji Liang

The present disclosure is directed to preserving running sessions during a side-by-side upgrade of system resources. Example aspects include deploying a first version and a second version of a system resource to a server within a network, the first version and the second version of the system resource both maintained within the system network and accessible via a version agnostic Application Programming Interface. Example aspects can receive, at a front-end server, a request for interaction with the system resource from a first client system, the request from the first client system including a header including version-identifying information. The systems and methods can determine, at a session version redirector, that the client system should be provided the first version and not the second version based on the version-identifying information in the header.

Preserving long running sessions during side-by-side upgrade

A client computing architecture is provided that utilized minimal download and simulated page navigation features. A client computer may receive a payload comprising delta data in response to a navigation request for an electronic page. The client computer may further parse the delta data for the electronic page, update page contents for the electronic page based on the received delta data, determine whether one or more errors are associated with a page load process for the electronic page, manage a fragment identifier portion of a uniform resource locator (URL) to track a current location in a navigation of the electronic page, and intercept one or more navigation click events to ensure a minimal download strategy navigation.

Client-side minimal download and simulated page navigation features

Embodiments are provided that include the use of a cancellable command application programming interface (API) framework that provides cooperative multitasking for synchronous and asynchronous operations based in part on a command timing sequence and a cancellable command API definition. A method of an embodiment enables a user or programmer to use a cancellable command API definition as part of implementing a responsive application interface using a command timing sequence to control execution of active tasks. A cancellable command API framework of an embodiment includes a command block including a command function, a task engine to monitor the command function, and a timer component to control execution of asynchronous and synchronous tasks based in part on first and second control timing intervals associated with a command timing sequence. Other embodiments are also disclosed.

Cancellable command application programming interface (API) framework

Embodiments are provided that include client-server computing architectures that use minimal download features and functionality as part of page navigation operations, but are not so limited. In an embodiment, a client-server computer system uses a page transition strategy to navigate between electronic pages based in part on script, style, content, and/or other page differences that can be used as part of providing minimal download features and functionality. A method of an embodiment operates to package page incremental rendering information for use in rendering a new electronic page without having to reapply common aspects of the new electronic page and a reference electronic page. Other embodiments are also disclosed.

Minimal download and simulated page navigation features

A server computing architecture is provided that uses minimal download features and includes error failover functionality. A server computer may receive an electronic page request and calculate a delta between a known static baseline electronic page and the requested electronic page. The static baseline electronic page may include an electronic page without content that utilizes a master electronic page. The master electronic page may include shared content for electronic pages associated with a website. The server computer may further determine whether one more errors are associated with rendering the calculated delta, render a payload comprising only the calculated delta upon determining an absence of the one or more errors and failover to one or more options upon determining that the one or more errors are associated with rendering the calculated delta.

Server-side minimal download and error failover

System(s), method(s), and/or techniques ('tools') are described that enable electronic document functionality for a limited-capability computing device. The tools may enable a computing device with limited display capabilities to present and enable navigation through nested items or hierarchical view levels of an electronic document. The tools may also build renderable view information by which a device may enable electronic document functionality based on the capabilities of that device.

Enabling electronic documents for limited-capability computing devices

Systems and/or methods that enable creation and/or use of an action for an electronic form dependent on a role of a user are described.

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Redmond, WA, United States of America

Petru Moldovanu