Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Raju Iyer

Sudin Bhat

Rajendra H Vishnumurty

Pradeep Ganapathyraj

Liang Xiao

Robert W Turner

Bonny Lau

Ameya S Bhatawdekar

Nichol C Viton

Mohammad Yakoob Shahdad

Timothy B Harahan

Roy Kayahara

Bob Vogt

Charles H Burns, Iii

Daniel Michael

Yohay B Voronov

A dynamic client system is described that provides an interactive client-side web application experience to a user accessing an application through a web browser. At the client, the system receives an edit to a project task from a user of the client. The system receives an indication that the user has completed editing the project task. The system sends the edited project task to the project server. The client sends edits to the project server in the background and users can continue editing the project without waiting for the project server to finish processing the edits.

Asynchronously editing a synchronous data store, such as a project management data store

Systems and methods are disclosed for providing proprietary access to a server. The disclosed systems and methods may include receiving a first service request from a client. The first service request may include a client identifier. Furthermore, the disclosed systems and methods may include creating a session identifier when it is determined that the client identifier is valid and transmitting the session identifier to the client. Moreover, the disclosed systems and methods may include receiving a second service request from the client. The second service request may include the session identifier and client data that may have at least one of a proprietary format and a proprietary scheme. In addition, the disclosed systems and methods may include servicing the second service request when it is determined that the session identifier received in the second service request is valid.

Methods and systems for providing proprietary access to a server

Methods and systems are provided for intelligently managing project data in a project management application. According to various aspects of the invention, project management data may be loaded and saved to a local cache of a client computer, such as a hard disk cache. The invention also provides a mechanism for reducing the size of data downloaded from and sent to a project server during load and save times.

Methods and systems for caching and synchronizing project data

A change list tracking mechanism supports features that require a record of values that have been modified in a document of a project management software application. Examples of the features supported include multiple undo, report generation, and audit logging. The change list tracking mechanism includes object containers and change lists. Each object container includes objects that are associated with properties of the document. A user who wants to be notified of specific modifications creates the change list to track modifications made to a specific object property in a particular object container. A property value identified in the change list may be modified by any user that accesses the document. The corresponding object container provides information about the modification to the change list. The user is identified and notified of the modification.

Method and system for tracking changes in a document

Backend data is received from a computer program product such as a hard disk or other long term data storage. The backend data is structured using nodes that are associated with a unique identifier such as a GUID. The nodes are addressable using the unique identifier, and backend data items are associated with corresponding addressable nodes such that the backend nodes can be quickly accessed. Front-end data can be received from a computer program product such as a hard disk or other long term data storage. The front-end data is structured using nodes that are associated with a unique identifier such as a GUID. The nodes are addressable using the unique identifier, and front-end data items are associated with corresponding addressable nodes such that the front-end nodes can be quickly accessed.

Structured data storage

Methods and systems are provided for establishing a hierarchical relationship between a parent or master project schedule and sub-project schedules including tasks and phases required for completion of the parent or master project. When changes are made to data contained in a given parent or master project schedule or to a hierarchically related sub-project schedule, an automatic notification is passed to the owners/managers of affected project schedules so that those parties may accept the proposed change, reject the proposed change, or respond to the submitting party with a counter change proposal.

Hierarchical projects in a computer-enabled project management method and system

In a client-server computer system, an active cache is utilized by a client-based project management application program to share server-based project files with an offline client, so that the project files may be updated by modifications made offline. A project file is saved from the active cache for sharing with the offline client. The shared project file is sent to the offline client for editing. After editing, a modified project file is received from the offline client and saved to the active cache. The active cache initiates an update of the server-based project file with the project file which was modified offline.

Active cache offline sharing of project files

A set of defining guidelines, referred to as a schema, can be used to create, append, or merge a work management file. The data for the work management file can be received from files made with different application programs, such as spreadsheet or database software. The schema can be configured in extensible markup language (XML). The schema can reside in memory or it can reside in a file. The schema can be used with serializers that retrieve data from files that may have not been created by a work management program in order to retrieve a work management file. A scheduling engine that includes rules can resolve any work management conflicts that may exist in the data after it has been validated with the schema.

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