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Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2013

Filed:

Nov. 14, 2008
Applicants:

Joel E. Wiljanen, Sammamish, WA (US);

Raymond Arifianto, Bothell, WA (US);

Stephen P. Dolan, Redmond, WA (US);

Hiroki Kobayashi, Osaka, JP;

Inventors:

Joel E. Wiljanen, Sammamish, WA (US);

Raymond Arifianto, Bothell, WA (US);

Stephen P. Dolan, Redmond, WA (US);

Hiroki Kobayashi, Osaka, JP;

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 7/30 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 21/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An express content metadata system ('ECM') may provide functionality for uploading, querying and downloading game content without heavy coding requirements on the part of the developers. The ECM may provide fast indexing, searching and data retrieval of content. The ECM may manage evolving changes to content definitions by providing flexible and efficient versioning control over content definitions that allows multiple versions of game content to coexist and be independently searchable.


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