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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2004
David Dehghan, Seattle, WA (US);
Edward Reus, Woodinville, WA (US);
Nirmal Rajesh Soy, Kirkland, WA (US);
Lie MA, Redmond, WA (US);
Marc Shepard, Bellevue, WA (US);
Jianbo Hou, Issaquah, WA (US);
David Hennessey, Duvall, WA (US);
Varadarajan Thiruvillamalai, Sammamish, WA (US);
Vidyasankar Raman, Redmond, WA (US);
Thottam R. Sriram, Redmond, WA (US);
Jason J. Roberts, Durham, NC (US);
Mazhar Mohammed, Sammamish, WA (US);
Xiang He, Kirkland, WA (US);
David Dehghan, Seattle, WA (US);
Edward Reus, Woodinville, WA (US);
Nirmal Rajesh Soy, Kirkland, WA (US);
Lie Ma, Redmond, WA (US);
Marc Shepard, Bellevue, WA (US);
Jianbo Hou, Issaquah, WA (US);
David Hennessey, Duvall, WA (US);
Varadarajan Thiruvillamalai, Sammamish, WA (US);
Vidyasankar Raman, Redmond, WA (US);
Thottam R. Sriram, Redmond, WA (US);
Jason J. Roberts, Durham, NC (US);
Mazhar Mohammed, Sammamish, WA (US);
Xiang He, Kirkland, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A hierarchical software update distribution system and method for distributing software updates is presented. The update distribution system includes a root update service node and at least one update service node. In an update distribution system, each update service node, except the root update service node, has one parent update service node. Each update service node may function as a parent update service node to child update service nodes.