Application program interface for network software platform

US7555757B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Microsoft Corporation · US

Inventors

• Adam Smith · Redmond, US
• Anthony J. Moore · Seattle, US
• Brian A. LaMacchia · Seattle, US
• Anders Hejlsberg · Seattle, US
• Brian Grunkemeyer · Issaquah, US
• Caleb L. Doise · Bellevue, US
• Christopher W. Brumme · Mercer Island, US
• Christopher L. Anderson · Issaquah, US
• Corina Feuerstein · Redmond, US
• Craig T. Sinclair · Sammamish, US
• Daniel Takacs · Bellevue, US
• David S. Ebbo · Redmond, US
• David Driver · Seattle, US
• David S. Mortenson · Redmond, US
• Erik B. Christensen · Seattle, US
• Erik Olson · Sammamish, US
• Fabio Yeon · Mill Creek, US
• Gopala Krishna R. Kakivaya · Sammamish, US
• George D. Fee · Seattle, US
• Hany E. Ramadan · Kirkland, US
• Henry L. Sanders · Kirkland, US
• Jayanth V. Rajan · Bellevue, US
• Jeffrey Cooperstein · Bellevue, US
• Jonathan C. Hawkins · Seattle, US
• James H. Hogg · Bellevue, US
• Joe D. Long · Woodinville, US
• John I. McConnell · Kirkland, US
• Jesus Ruiz-Scougall · Redmond, US
• James S. Miller · Bellevue, US
• Julie D. Bennett · Bellevue, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 23, 2005
• Grant date: Jun 30, 2009
• Expiry date: Dec 7, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F2209/463
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An application program interface (API) provides a set of functions, including a set of base classes and types that are used in substantially all applications accessing the API, for application developers who build Web applications on Microsoft Corporation's .NET™ platform.