Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Steven D White

Malcolm Erik Pearson

Robert George Atkinson

David Richard Reed

Daniel Dwight Longley

David A Braun

Paul J Leach

Mark H Lucovsky

Richard Bruce Ward

Shaun Douglas Pierce

Leon Robert Warman

Bradford R Clark

Burra Gopal

Peter Sewall Ford

Lijiang Fang

Samuel John George

Jay Christopher Jacobs

Paul Andrew Steckler

Jagadeesh Kalki

Winnie C Wu

William Raymond Hoffman

Michael B Taylor

Ramu Movva

Walter C Hsueh

Suresh Kannan

Kendall D Keil

David Benjamin Auerbach

Yi-Wen Guu

Philip Michael Smoot

Yun-Qi Yuan

Avner Y Aharoni

Luca Bolognese

David N Schach

Alexander Vaschillo

Chris A Suver

Todd F Pfleiger

Andrew Conrad

Adam Wiener

Srinivasa Rao Burugapalli

Jason Zhengnan Zhu

Bertan Ari

Alex Laskos

Alexander Robert Norton Wetmore

Ilker Cengiz

Within a mail transfer agent of a message transfer system, a message is received and if the recipient entity resolves to a number of recipients exceeding a specified quantity, the original message is not processed. Instead, at least two messages are created, with each of the created messages addressed to a subset of the original set of recipients. The created messages are returned to the calling module for processing.

Managing working set in an extensible message transfer system

Reprocessing of messages in an extensible message transfer system

A data mapping architecture for mapping between two or more data sources without modifying the metadata or structure of the data sources themselves. Data mapping also supports updates. The architecture also supports at least the case where data sources that are being mapped, are given, their schemas predefined, and cannot be changed. The architecture includes a mapping component that receives respective metadata from at least two arbitrary data models, and maps expressions between the data models.

Mapping architecture for arbitrary data models

Bifurcation of messages in an extensible message transfer system

A schema-based service for Internet access to per-user services data, wherein access to data is based on each user's identity. The service includes a schema that defines rules and a structure for each user's data, and also includes methods that provide access to the data in a defined way. The services schema thus corresponds to a logical document containing the data for each user. The user manipulates (e.g., reads or writes) data in the logical document by data access requests through defined methods. In one implementation, the services schemas are arranged as XML documents, and the services provide methods that control access to the data based on the requesting user's identification, defined role and scope for that role. In this way, data can be accessed by its owner, and shared to an extent determined by the owner.

Schema-based services for identity-based data access

Provided is a messaging system capable of detecting and processing at least a portion of a malformed message, e.g., a message that previously failed to process. An identifier and state information for the message can be logged. Based on the stored information, a determination can be made that the message previously failed to process. The message can then progressively be de-featured until the message can be processed or until the message is determined to be poisonous, whereupon it can be deleted or otherwise removed from the message stream permanently or temporarily&#x2014;including moving the message to storage for operator inspection or for delayed delivery.

Progressive de-featuring of electronic messages

The present invention allows for remotely and securely configuring settings for targeted devices within a network with multiple security-trust boundaries. Configuration information is encoded in messages that are digitally signed to ensure the integrity of the configuration information and sent in accordance with a standard messaging transport protocol. By utilizing an already existing port of the standard messaging transport protocol, e.g., SMTP, the number of open ports for configuration purposes is minimized. Further, example embodiments take advantage of hidden fields, i.e., machine readable fields that contain metadata that by default are not presented at a client user interface, for encoding the configuration or command/control information within the messages. The present invention further provides for a central console module that can manage and report on the status of the configuration settings for a plurality of targeted devices that an authorized user or system administrator has attempted to remotely configure.

Secure remote configuration of targeted devices using a standard message transport protocol

Central console for monitoring configuration status for remote devices

The present invention provides for methods, systems, and computer program products for ensuring that sensitive subject matter within electronic messages is not inappropriately transferred between domains with differing security rights. The present invention utilizes the appropriate placement of message transfer agents or servers along with policy documents that include configurable semantics pattern recognition data for identifying deviant messages. Once deviant messages or messages that potentially have sensitive subject matter are identified, the present invention further provides for adaptable actions or remedies for ensuring that the sensitive subject matter is not inappropriately transferred between domains.

Enforcing rights management through edge email servers

Prior to sending a message to an extensibility point, the message is wrapped with a wrapper object associated with the extensibility point. The wrapper object can be validated by the extensibility point when the extensibility point is ready to commence its operation on the message. Validation of the wrapper object enables the extensibility point to access the message. The wrapper object can later be invalidated by the extensibility point when the extensibility point has completed its operation on the message. Invalidation of the wrapper object denies the extensibility point access to the message.

System and method for regulating an extensibility point's access to a message

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