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Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2009

Filed:

Sep. 15, 2003
Applicants:

Robert T. Wickham, Sammamish, WA (US);

Vinay Deo, Redmond, WA (US);

Shafqat U. Khan, Redmond, WA (US);

Shantanu Sardesai, Sammamish, WA (US);

Adam D. Welker, Kirkland, WA (US);

Inventors:

Robert T. Wickham, Sammamish, WA (US);

Vinay Deo, Redmond, WA (US);

Shafqat U. Khan, Redmond, WA (US);

Shantanu Sardesai, Sammamish, WA (US);

Adam D. Welker, Kirkland, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

In one embodiment, software updates are applied to one or more client computers. The one or more client computers are assigned a level of service governing aspects of the application of the updates. The scheduling of the application of the software updates is done according to the level of service. The application of the software update is then performed according to the schedule.


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