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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2002
Bradley John Pitzel, Seattle, WA (US);
William A. Roberts, Seattle, WA (US);
Timothy Michael Graham, Seattle, WA (US);
Bradley John Pitzel, Seattle, WA (US);
William A. Roberts, Seattle, WA (US);
Timothy Michael Graham, Seattle, WA (US);
RealNetworks, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for dynamically managing data-type associations and relationships includes providing a first global data-type association ruleset including one or more predefined operational relationships between two or more applications, determining whether an updated global data-type association ruleset is available, and dynamically obtaining the updated global data-type association ruleset to facilitate modification of one or more predefined operational relationships between two or more applications locally installed on the client device.