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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:
Jan. 10, 2012

Filed:

Sep. 14, 2007
Applicants:

Khushru M. Irani, Redmond, WA (US);

William S. Jack, Iii, Redmond, WA (US);

Greg Johnson, East Wenatchee, WA (US);

Colin Brace, Seattle, WA (US);

Gokay K. Hurmali, Redmond, WA (US);

Qi Cao, Bellevue, WA (US);

William James Whalen, Seattle, WA (US);

Umit Akkus, Bellevue, WA (US);

Inventors:

Khushru M. Irani, Redmond, WA (US);

William S. Jack, III, Redmond, WA (US);

Greg Johnson, East Wenatchee, WA (US);

Colin Brace, Seattle, WA (US);

Gokay K. Hurmali, Redmond, WA (US);

Qi Cao, Bellevue, WA (US);

William James Whalen, Seattle, WA (US);

Umit Akkus, Bellevue, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/04 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Dynamically associating an attribute and an associated value to an object includes dynamically associating attribute-value sets to an object, but is not so limited. An exemplary system includes a directory component that can be configured to dynamically assign different values, for a set attributes, to an object. An exemplary directory application can be configured to select an attribute-value set for an object based in part on a group membership determination, and a precedence parameter associated with an attribute-value, set, or other grouping. Other embodiments are available.


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