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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2005
Lavanya Vasudevan, Sammamish, WA (US);
Marilyn Chen, Atherton, CA (US);
Michael D. Stokes, Eagle, ID (US);
Michael Bourgoin, Lake Forest Park, WA (US);
Jeff Bloomfield, Redmond, WA (US);
Anthony Presley, Redmond, WA (US);
Lavanya Vasudevan, Sammamish, WA (US);
Marilyn Chen, Atherton, CA (US);
Michael D. Stokes, Eagle, ID (US);
Michael Bourgoin, Lake Forest Park, WA (US);
Jeff Bloomfield, Redmond, WA (US);
Anthony Presley, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
The invention discloses a system method for providing new functionality to an operating system while maintaining backward compatibility with existing applications. The invention can provide new functionality while maintaining backward compatibility without a requirement to change any syntax of an API and without having to create new APIs for all functions. The invention can be configured to pass monolithic data as well as modular data through either legacy APIs or newly created APIs.