Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Robert Thompson Whitney

Bekim Demiroski

Anil Kumar Nori

J Patrick Thompson

Michael Pizzo

Alexander Vaschillo

Michael Eric Deem

Srinivasmurthy P Acharya

Apurva F Dalia

Craig Allen Harry

John Patrick Thompson

Denise L Chen

Michael A Pacholec

A programming interface for a computer platform can include various functionality. In certain embodiments, the programming interface includes one or more of the following groups of types or functions: those related to core file system concepts, those related to entities that a human being can contact, those related to documents, those common to multiple kinds of media, those specific to audio media, those specific to video media, those specific to image media, those specific to electronic mail messages, and those related to identifying particular locations.

Programming interface for a computer platform

By modeling real-world application objects with complex structures, behaviors, and operations described by a schema which is enforced by the hardware/software interface system, various embodiments of the present invention provide rich sub-typing functionality by extending Items (and Item types) using 'Extensions' which provide additional data structures (Properties, Relationships, etc.) to already existing Items type structures. Extensions are strongly typed instances that cannot exist independently and must be attached to an Item or a Nested Element. Extensions are also intended to address 'multi-typing' issues by enabling the overlap of type instances (e.g., a Document may be a &#x201c;legal document&#x201d; as well a &#x201c;secure document&#x201d;).

Systems and methods for extensions and inheritance for units of information manageable by a hardware/software interface system

The present invention provides an application programming interface ('API') to address book management functions for accessing and managing an integrated online address book clearinghouse. The API receives function calls from applications and executes one or more functions in response to the function calls. The address book functions manage address books of the integrated online address book clearinghouse by adding, deleting, updating, and finding address books, contacts, and groups of contacts of the address books. The API also verifies identity information to assure that each function call has authorization to access the desired address book. The API further includes a parameter processing module for processing function-specific parameters passed in data envelopes to the API by the applications. The API also includes a response generating module for responding to the application that sent a function call to the API.

Address book clearinghouse interface system and method

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