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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2007
Abhijat A. Kanade, Bellevue, WA (US);
Rushmi U. Malaviarachchi, Redmond, WA (US);
Peter D. Waxman, Seattle, WA (US);
Yuhui Zhong, Sammamish, WA (US);
Gregory Kostal, Kirkland, WA (US);
Scott C. Cottrille, Sammamish, WA (US);
Syed A. Mehdi, Raleigh, NC (US);
Patricia Priest, Seattle, WA (US);
Kumar B. Parambir, Bellevue, WA (US);
LI Ren, Sammamish, WA (US);
Abhijat A. Kanade, Bellevue, WA (US);
Rushmi U. Malaviarachchi, Redmond, WA (US);
Peter D. Waxman, Seattle, WA (US);
Yuhui Zhong, Sammamish, WA (US);
Gregory Kostal, Kirkland, WA (US);
Scott C. Cottrille, Sammamish, WA (US);
Syed A. Mehdi, Raleigh, NC (US);
Patricia Priest, Seattle, WA (US);
Kumar B. Parambir, Bellevue, WA (US);
Li Ren, Sammamish, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
One embodiment includes a method which may be practiced in a computing environment where resources are distributed. The method includes acts for obtaining policy information defining restrictions on resources distributed in the computing environment. The method includes sending a request to a server for metadata about one or more resource protection policies at the server. In response to the request, metadata about one or more resource protection polices at the server is received from the server. The metadata from the server is analyzed. Based on analyzing the metadata, one or more resource protection policies stored at the client are updated.