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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2011
Sean Thomas Stern, Seattle, WA (US);
David Cris Hennessey, Duvall, WA (US);
Sean Thomas Stern, Seattle, WA (US);
David Cris Hennessey, Duvall, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
One or more techniques and/or systems allow for updates (e.g., questions) to be provided via sync calls to a server (e.g., in determining whether (non-question) software updates should be installed on a client device), where the total number of updates exceeds single sync call server limitations. For example, relationships between updates may be determined and updates may be grouped into two or more sets based upon the relationships, where different sets can independently be transmitted to the server in different sync calls. Grouping updates according to the policies provided mitigates errors that may otherwise occur when making multi-sync calls (e.g., asking a second question before a first question where the second question should follow the first question because the relevance of the second question depends upon an answer to the first question).