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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2003
J. Patrick Thompson, Seattle, WA (US);
Kim Cameron, Bellevue, WA (US);
Srinivasmurthy P. Acharya, Sammamish, WA (US);
Balan Sethu Raman, Redmond, WA (US);
J. Patrick Thompson, Seattle, WA (US);
Kim Cameron, Bellevue, WA (US);
Srinivasmurthy P. Acharya, Sammamish, WA (US);
Balan Sethu Raman, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to a hardware/software interface system for a computer system for manipulating a plurality of discrete units of information at a hardware/software interface system level, Items, the Items interconnected by Relationships and where Items have Relationships to other Items. One such relationship between Items may be for the purposes of logically denoting to the hardware/software interface system whether one Item is public and accessible or private and unaccessible to another Item.