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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 12, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph Paul-Emile Cote, Issaquah, WA (US);
Stephen David Thomas, Bellevue, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
709224 ; 709219 ; 710220 ;
Abstract
User computer software periodically queries a server for a compilation of information about the server and increases the frequency of the queries when the compilation indicates a deficiency at the server. Software monitoring messaging software on the server simulates the executions of a login procedure and a mail-reading procedure. A clock program used by the messaging software is monitored for accuracy and is updated if necessary.