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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2000
Philip J. Hallin, Redmond, WA (US);
Keith R. Vogel, Duvall, WA (US);
Kirt Debique, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Hierarchical storage systems for holding objects used for evidentiary purposes, and methods of manipulating such systems are described. A logical store is provided and one or more physical stores are associated with and accessible through the logical store. Access to the physical stores can take place through the logical store with a single call to an appropriate application programming interface. Associations within and amongst stores can be define. One particular type of association is a context link which enables one evidentiary object in one physical store to get its context from another evidentiary object in another physical store.