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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:
Mar. 02, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2004
Applicants:
Song Zou, Issaquah, WA (US);
Rick Molloy, Redmond, WA (US);
Robert Hernon, Bellevue, WA (US);
Jared Reisinger, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Song Zou, Issaquah, WA (US);
Rick Molloy, Redmond, WA (US);
Robert Hernon, Bellevue, WA (US);
Jared Reisinger, Redmond, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/00 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An application for updating, distributing, and rendering an application feature set and application versions is disclosed. The application component allows multiple versions of similar applications to be installed and upgraded on the same computer. Meanwhile, allowing new product levels downloads to transform an existing product into a different product.