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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:
Dec. 22, 2009
Filed:
May. 06, 2005
Kevin Lane Brown, Woodinville, WA (US);
Jason M. Cahill, Woodinville, WA (US);
Adrian Fanaru, Sammamish, WA (US);
Ethan D. Gur-esh, Seattle, WA (US);
Moshe R. Lutz, Bellevue, WA (US);
Kevin Lane Brown, Woodinville, WA (US);
Jason M. Cahill, Woodinville, WA (US);
Adrian Fanaru, Sammamish, WA (US);
Ethan D. Gur-esh, Seattle, WA (US);
Moshe R. Lutz, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method and computer-readable medium are provided for jointly managing digital assets and non-digital assets. According to the method, a database is maintained that includes one or more digital assets and records corresponding to one or more non-digital assets. A request may be received to perform an action on an asset identified in the database. In response to the request, a determination is made as to whether the request is to perform an action on a digital or non-digital asset. If the request is to perform an action on a digital asset, a first workflow is performed for completing the action on the digital asset. If the request is to perform an action on a non-digital asset, a second workflow is performed for completing the requested action on the non-digital asset.