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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2004
Raymond W Mccollum, Redmond, WA (US);
Corina E Feuerstein, Redmond, WA (US);
Mario Hewardt, Bellevue, WA (US);
Brian Reistad, Redmond, WA (US);
Raymond W McCollum, Redmond, WA (US);
Corina E Feuerstein, Redmond, WA (US);
Mario Hewardt, Bellevue, WA (US);
Brian Reistad, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Architecture that facilitates management of an application or service of a system. A catalog is provided that stores management information which is accessible to determine the status of the application of service. Code of the application or service to be installed on the system is attributed with management information. When installed, the application or service is processed to copy the management information into a manifest, which manifest is further stored in the catalog along with other manifests associated with different applications or services. The management information in a manifest is uniquely identified by a URI, which access to the management information is via the URI, and which leads to the associated application or service.