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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2001
Mark Lucovsky, Sammamish, WA (US);
Shaun D. Pierce, Sammamish, WA (US);
Alexander T. Weinert, Seattle, WA (US);
Michael G. Burner, Redmond, WA (US);
Richard B. Ward, Redmond, WA (US);
Paul J. Leach, Seattle, WA (US);
George M. Moore, Issaquah, WA (US);
Arthur Zwiegincew, Bothell, WA (US);
Vivek Gundotra, Tustin, CA (US);
Robert M. Hyman, Sammamish, WA (US);
Jonathan D. Pincus, Bellevue, WA (US);
Daniel R. Simon, Redmond, WA (US);
Mark Lucovsky, Sammamish, WA (US);
Shaun D. Pierce, Sammamish, WA (US);
Alexander T. Weinert, Seattle, WA (US);
Michael G. Burner, Redmond, WA (US);
Richard B. Ward, Redmond, WA (US);
Paul J. Leach, Seattle, WA (US);
George M. Moore, Issaquah, WA (US);
Arthur Zwiegincew, Bothell, WA (US);
Vivek Gundotra, Tustin, CA (US);
Robert M. Hyman, Sammamish, WA (US);
Jonathan D. Pincus, Bellevue, WA (US);
Daniel R. Simon, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A messaging data structure for accessing data in an identity-centric manner. An identity may be a user, a group of users, or an organization. Instead of data being maintained on an application-by-application basis, the data associated with a particular identity is stored by one or more data services accessible by many applications. The data is stored in accordance with a schema that is recognized by a number of different applications and the data service. The messaging data structure includes fields that identify the target data object to be operated upon using an identity field, a schema field, and an instance identifier field. In addition, the desired operation is specified. Thus, the target data object is operated on in an identity-centric manner.