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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2006
Applicants:
Douglas R. Mortensen, Columbus, OH (US);
Richard W. Mortensen, Hamilton, OH (US);
Michael J. Morel, Richfield, OH (US);
Patrick E. Plaisted, Rawson, OH (US);
Inventors:
Douglas R. Mortensen, Columbus, OH (US);
Richard W. Mortensen, Hamilton, OH (US);
Michael J. Morel, Richfield, OH (US);
Patrick E. Plaisted, Rawson, OH (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention facilitates customization of metadata that describes objects in a software system without requiring modification of source code. A customization that describes a desired customization to metadata is received and the relevant metadata is identified. A delta value indicating the customization to the metadata is stored.