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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2003
J. Patrick Thompson, Seattle, WA (US);
Anil K. Nori, Redmond, WA (US);
J. Patrick Thompson, Seattle, WA (US);
Anil K. Nori, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to a method for manipulating a plurality of discrete units of information ('Items') in a hardware/software interface system for a computer system, said method comprising interconnecting said Items with a plurality of Relationships and managing said Relationships at the hardware/software interface system level. Each Relationship constitutes, at the hardware/software interface system level, a mapping between a pair of Items that said Relationship interconnects. Moreover, each Relationship may have properties of its own distinct and separate from the properties of the Items it interconnects.