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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 21, 1998
Chao-Chia Liu, Bellevue, WA (US);
Michael J. Hillberg, Kirkland, WA (US);
William P. Morel, Redmond, WA (US);
James W. Kelly, Redmond, WA (US);
Clifford P. Van Dyke, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method and system for maintaining the integrity of links in a computer network. The method and system is realized in a link tracking service including a local link tracking service, preferably running on all of the computers within the network, and a centralized link tracking server, preferably running on a network server. The local link tracking service manages the link tracking activities for the machine on which it resides. These activities include searching for link sources and tracking link source moves. The centralized link tracking service is provided to cooperate with the local link tracking services and, more particularly, for recording link source file movements as reported to it by the local link tracking services. The recorded information is available to be used by the local link tracking services should the local link tracking services need assistance in finding a link source that has been moved.