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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2009
Anthony Blumfield, Redmond, WA (US);
Gilad Golan, Redmond, WA (US);
Jason Garms, Woodinville, WA (US);
Saud Alshibani, Issaquah, WA (US);
Anthony Blumfield, Redmond, WA (US);
Gilad Golan, Redmond, WA (US);
Jason Garms, Woodinville, WA (US);
Saud Alshibani, Issaquah, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A facility for automatically processing software patches is described. The facility receives in a computing system a distinguished patch package for modifying the behavior of a programmatic entity. The facility automatically extracts from the distinguished patch package (1) patch application information that identifies a distinguished programmatic entity against which the patches to be applied, and (2) patch behavior information that specifies a manner in which to modify the behavior of the distinguished programmatic entity. The facility automatically adds to a patch table a distinguished entry containing the extracted patch application information and patch behavior information.