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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.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2011

Filed:

Jan. 18, 2006
Applicants:

Peter a Thompson, Redmond, WA (US);

Jan Anders Nelson, Gig Harbor, WA (US);

Leanne Brodzinski, Sammamish, WA (US);

David Ahs, Dublin, IE;

Jordi Mola Marti, Redmond, WA (US);

Jason Kepner, Snoqualmie, WA (US);

Ramakrishna Pamarthi, Bellevue, WA (US);

Terry Farrell, Dublin, IE;

Shashidhar P Jade, Kirkland, WA (US);

Inventors:

Peter A Thompson, Redmond, WA (US);

Jan Anders Nelson, Gig Harbor, WA (US);

Leanne Brodzinski, Sammamish, WA (US);

David Ahs, Dublin, IE;

Jordi Mola Marti, Redmond, WA (US);

Jason Kepner, Snoqualmie, WA (US);

Ramakrishna Pamarthi, Bellevue, WA (US);

Terry Farrell, Dublin, IE;

Shashidhar P Jade, Kirkland, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Methods, apparatus, and computer-readable media employing computer-readable components for localization of data included in software programs are described. The computer-readable components comprise data elements defined based on a software data schema; and an owned comment data element comprising information about the localization of the data included in the software programs and an associated owner with permission to create, access, and manipulate the owned comment data element. The owned comment data element is included in other data elements. The owned comment data element may also be included in a list of owned comment elements comprising at least one owned comment data element.


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