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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.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2009

Filed:

Feb. 22, 2005
Applicants:

Rajesh M. Rao, Sammamish, WA (US);

Sameet H. Agarwal, Redmond, WA (US);

Irena Hudis, Bellevue, WA (US);

Vivek J. Jhaveri, Seattle, WA (US);

Lev Novik, Bellevue, WA (US);

Inventors:

Rajesh M. Rao, Sammamish, WA (US);

Sameet H. Agarwal, Redmond, WA (US);

Irena Hudis, Bellevue, WA (US);

Vivek J. Jhaveri, Seattle, WA (US);

Lev Novik, Bellevue, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

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

A system and method for synchronizing a database comprising raw data and metadata derived from the raw data, but when the metadata has not yet been updated. The raw data and the metadata are first synchronized, with the raw data having been assigned a version number. After synchronization, any stale metadata will be updated and assigned the same version number as the raw data.


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