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API versioning independent of product releases

US10635504B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

Brent Rector · Redmond, US
Lawrence W. Osterman · Woodinville, US
Tassaduq Basu · Redmond, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 16, 2014
Grant date	Apr 28, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 10, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F9/541
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Technologies for a contract platform versioned according to the set of API contracts provided. API contracts are both development-time and run-time executable components. Each such contract defines a particular set of APIs that are fully supported at run-time by a corresponding implementation module. Contract applications are written to API contracts as opposed to the monolithic APIs of a legacy platform. Such applications are “platform agnostic”.

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