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Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2013

Filed:

Jan. 08, 2008
Applicants:

Vijay Mital, Kirkland, WA (US);

Suraj T. Poozhiyil, Seattle, WA (US);

Michael J. Mccormack, Snohomish, WA (US);

Gregory S. Lindhorst, Seattle, WA (US);

Andrew Robert Miller, Issaquah, WA (US);

Inventors:

Vijay Mital, Kirkland, WA (US);

Suraj T. Poozhiyil, Seattle, WA (US);

Michael J. McCormack, Snohomish, WA (US);

Gregory S. Lindhorst, Seattle, WA (US);

Andrew Robert Miller, Issaquah, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Technologies are presented herein for self-describing re-usable software components. Metadata is generated and published with a re-usable software component that identifies the capabilities of the software component, identifies other software components that the re-usable software component may be integrated with, and identifies mechanisms for integrating the re-usable software component with other software components. The metadata can then be used to discover re-usable software components and to integrate the re-usable software components with other software components.


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