Messaging infrastructure for identity-centric data access

US6985958B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Microsoft Corporation · US

Inventors

• Mark Lucovsky · Sammamish, US
• Shaun D. Pierce · Redmond, US
• Alexander T. Weinert · Seattle, US
• Michael G. Burner · Rue de l'Église, US
• Richard B. Ward · Redmond, US
• Paul J. Leach · Seattle, US
• George M. Moore · Issaquah, US
• Arthur Zwiegincew · Bothell, US
• Vivek Paul Gundotra · Los Gatos, US
• Robert M. Hyman · Sammamish, US
• Jonathan D. Pincus · San Francisco, US
• Daniel R. Simon · Redmond, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 22, 2001
• Grant date: Jan 10, 2006
• Expiry date: Jan 20, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L69/329
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A messaging data structure for accessing data in an identity-centric manner. An identity may be a user, a group of users, or an organization. Instead of data being maintained on an application-by-application basis, the data associated with a particular identity is stored by one or more data services accessible by many applications. The data is stored in accordance with a schema that is recognized by a number of different applications and the data service. The messaging data structure includes fields that identify the target data object to be operated upon using an identity field, a schema field, and an instance identifier field. In addition, the desired operation is specified. Thus, the target data object is operated on in an identity-centric manner.