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Patent No.:

US 8359592 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2013

Filed:

Mar. 19, 2009
Applicants:

Jean-pierre Duplessis, Redmond, WA (US);

Christopher J. Lovett, Woodinville, WA (US);

Inventors:

Jean-Pierre Duplessis, Redmond, WA (US);

Christopher J. Lovett, Woodinville, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 (2006.01); G06F 9/45 (2006.01); G06F 9/445 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to automatically identifying groups and subgroups in dependency data. In aspects, a data structure that indicates dependencies between components is analyzed to create groups that are related by dependencies. The groups are further analyzed to create subgroups that depend on shared components but that do not depend on each other. Information about the components is used to generate names for the groups that are indicative of the components included in the groups. The groups, their names, and their relationships may then be displayed.


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