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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2007
Sarita M. James, Bellevue, WA (US);
Brian J. Syme, Redmond, WA (US);
Suryanarayanan V. Raman, Redmond, WA (US);
John A. Licata, Woodinville, WA (US);
Lawrence M. Sanchez, Redmond, WA (US);
Sarita M. James, Bellevue, WA (US);
Brian J. Syme, Redmond, WA (US);
Suryanarayanan V. Raman, Redmond, WA (US);
John A. Licata, Woodinville, WA (US);
Lawrence M. Sanchez, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for software delivery are described. In one embodiment, an extension definition catalog structure is defined and can be used to select one or more software extensions for incorporation on a computing device. At least one software extension is identified using a uniform resource name and, for the one software extension, at least one instance of the software extension is identified using a uniform resource name. For the one instance of the software extension, a uniform resource locator can be used to select the instance.