The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.

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.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2008

Filed:

May. 13, 2003
Applicants:

Teoman Smith, Snoqualmie, WA (US);

Xiongijian Fu, Sammamish, WA (US);

Arthur Tao, Kirkland, WA (US);

Apurva F. Dalia, Kirkland, WA (US);

Mukeshkumar Beher, Redmond, WA (US);

Inventors:

Teoman Smith, Snoqualmie, WA (US);

Xiongijian Fu, Sammamish, WA (US);

Arthur Tao, Kirkland, WA (US);

Apurva F. Dalia, Kirkland, WA (US);

Mukeshkumar Beher, Redmond, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Stale information is removed by a removal process so as to enhance the performance of a networked system. The networked system comprises a stored piece of information that has an accessed timestamp for defining the start of a stale period, which comprises a non-updating period preceding a decaying period. The networked system further comprises the removal process for removing the stored piece of information that has become stale because the stale period has expired and the stored piece of information has not been accessed during the decaying period.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Loading…