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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2005
Adil A. Sherwani, Seattle, WA (US);
Pranavakumar Punniamoorthy, Redmond, WA (US);
Rajesh a Deshpande, Redmond, WA (US);
Sumedh N. Barde, Redmond, WA (US);
Geoffrey T. Dunbar, Kirkland, WA (US);
Reid J. Kuhn, Seattle, WA (US);
Clifford P. Van Dyke, Bellevue, WA (US);
Adil A. Sherwani, Seattle, WA (US);
Pranavakumar Punniamoorthy, Redmond, WA (US);
Rajesh A Deshpande, Redmond, WA (US);
Sumedh N. Barde, Redmond, WA (US);
Geoffrey T. Dunbar, Kirkland, WA (US);
Reid J. Kuhn, Seattle, WA (US);
Clifford P. Van Dyke, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
The present automatic update mechanism provides a method for determining whether computer-readable components loaded within a memory device are at a level of protection specified for protected content that a media application is attempting to process. If a current level of protection provides lower protection that the level specified, a file is updated to achieve at least the level of protection specified by the protected content. Updating the file to achieve the level of protection is performed in a manner that minimizes rebooting of a computing device.