Techniques to manage universal file descriptor models for content files

US9047300B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

• Zeyad Rajabi · Seattle, US
• Oliver Zheng · Bellevue, US
• Andrew Smith · Redmond, US
• Matthew Wood · Sammamish, US
• Malia Douglas · Seattle, US
• Robin Troy · Kirkland, US
• Ashley B. Cockerill · Bellevue, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 24, 2012
• Grant date: Jun 2, 2015
• Expiry date: Aug 22, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F16/137
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Techniques to manage universal file descriptor models for content files are described. An apparatus may comprise a processor circuit and a file descriptor application operative on the processor circuit to manage file descriptors for content files, the file descriptor application arranged to generate a file descriptor for a content file in accordance with a universal file descriptor model, the universal file descriptor model to comprise a file descriptor surface with multiple file descriptor tiles to present corresponding content parts from the content file, with at least one of the file descriptor tiles defining a content part class representing homogeneous content parts from heterogeneous content file types. Other embodiments are described and claimed.