Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Pradeep K Jha

Daniel F Plastina

Andrew J Jaffray

Edward T Gausman

Michael John Novak

Victor S Lee

Michal Strehovsky

Paul J Roy

Kasy Srinivas

Michael J Polson

John Wesley Terrell

Josh Carroll

John P Mullally, Iv

Mala Munisamy

Bruce Chhay

Eric Louchez

In one embodiment, a server may identify an executable file using a hash identifier. The servermay compute a hash identifier based on a file metadata set associated with an executable file. The servermay identify the executable file using the hash identifier.

Telemetry file hash and conflict detection

Methods, computer-readable media, and systems for providing a user with media item ratings based upon media item ratings of a community of related users. The user sends information about herself to the system. The system places the user in a community of users based upon the user information and provides media item ratings to members of the community based upon media item ratings by other community members.

Providing community-based media item ratings to users

Methods, computer-readable media, and data structures for building an authoritative database of digital audio identifier elements from digital media accessed by clients. The digital media including one or more media items, such as tracks on a CD. The methods, computer-readable media, and data structures further identifying metadata associated with a media item accessed by a client utilizing the authoritative database of digital audio identifier elements.

Methods, computer-readable media, and data structures for building an authoritative database of digital audio identifier elements and identifying media items

A pipeline may include a first stage and a second stage for executing data processing services and a data host communicatively coupled to the first and second stages. The data host provides for storing and communicating data, wherein the storing and communicating are asynchronous one to another. Execution of the first data processing service is asynchronous with respect to execution of the second data processing service.

Asynchronous pipeline

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Pradeep K Jha