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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2013
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Kyle Smith, Seattle, WA (US);
Adrian Maziak, Sammamish, WA (US);
Djana Milton, Lakewood, WA (US);
Dattatraya Rajpure, Redmond, WA (US);
Gaurav Dhawan, Redmond, WA (US);
Shafqat Khan, Lynnwood, WA (US);
Roxana Drake, Redmond, WA (US);
Khuzaima Iqbal, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Techniques for guaranteeing that a software program is executed on a machine only during designated periods of time are provided. Service windows define time periods during which software programs targeted to execute on a machine are allowed to execute on the machine. On the machine, the service windows work in conjunction with a client process that is executing on the machine to guarantee execution of the software programs by the client process only during available service windows.