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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2005
Daniel Giambalvo, Seattle, WA (US);
Jay Thaler, Redmond, WA (US);
Kenneth Showman, Redmond, WA (US);
David B Dehghan, Seattle, WA (US);
Thomas a Sponheim, Seattle, WA (US);
Renan Jeffereis, Redmond, WA (US);
Kristopher J Owens, Seattle, WA (US);
Carey Tanner, Gold Bar, WA (US);
Quan Wang, Kenmore, WA (US);
Nicole a Hamilton, Redmond, WA (US);
Dennis Craig Marl, Seattle, WA (US);
Nirmal Rajesh Soy, Kirkland, WA (US);
Daniel Giambalvo, Seattle, WA (US);
Jay Thaler, Redmond, WA (US);
Kenneth Showman, Redmond, WA (US);
David B Dehghan, Seattle, WA (US);
Thomas A Sponheim, Seattle, WA (US);
Renan Jeffereis, Redmond, WA (US);
Kristopher J Owens, Seattle, WA (US);
Carey Tanner, Gold Bar, WA (US);
Quan Wang, Kenmore, WA (US);
Nicole A Hamilton, Redmond, WA (US);
Dennis Craig Marl, Seattle, WA (US);
Nirmal Rajesh Soy, Kirkland, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
An application programming interface (API) for administering the distribution of software updates on an update service node is presented. The API provides a plurality of interface calls through which an administrator can establish rules by which software updates available to the update service node are distributed.