US 2014/0372239 A1Published application

Event-based versioning and visibility for content releases

AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation

InventorsZoe Miriam Wydroug, Asha D'Costa, Todd Dale Ostermeier, Deepak Babu Mukunthu Iyappan Babu, Andre C. Chen

Life of this patent

Estimating the term…

Loading patent…

Abstract

The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for event-based versioning and visibility for content releases. In general, embodiments of the invention categorize content releases, wherein each release can have a different designation, such as, for example, public, limited, limited for down-level clients, etc. Content (e.g., applications, store pages, ratings, reviews, etc.) offered by a content provider (e.g., an online store) can be associated with a specified operating system/store release. Different versions of the same content can potentially be associated with different specified operating system/store releases. When a content release is unveiled, the categorization for the content release can be updated so that the corresponding content is publicly available without changes to the content itself. Accordingly, content can be tied to a system event helping ensure a consistent view of the content and minimizing the number of operations for changing content visibility.

Claims20

Dependent claims

At a computer system, the computer system including a processor and system memory, the computer system configured to offer content to other devices, a method for offering a plurality of versions of a portion of content to the other devices, the method comprising:

accessing a first version of content;
formulating identifying data for the first version of the content, the identifying data identifying the first version of the content as a version of the content;
associating a first version object with the first version of the content, the first version object indicating that the first version of the content is targeted to a specified version of an operating system, the first version object also including a first limited release attribute indicating the accessibility of the first version of the content;
accessing a second different version of the content;
formulating the identifying data the second version of the content, the identifying data identifying the second version of the content as a version of the content;
associating a second version object with the second version of the content, the second version object indicating that the second version of the content is targeted to the specified version of the operating system, the second version object also including a second limited release attribute indicating the accessibility of the second version of the content;
creating a first listing for the first version of the content by:
using the identifying data to indicate the first listing is offering a version of the content;
and
setting a first visibility for the first listing based on the first limited release attribute;
creating a second different listing for the second version of the content by:
using the identifying data to indicate the second listing is offering a version of the content;
and
setting a second different visibility for the second listing based on the second limited release attribute, the second visibility differing from the first visibility;
simultaneously making the first version of the content and the second version of the content available to the other devices, including:
presenting the first listing in accordance with the first visibility to offer the first version of the content to the other devices;
and
presenting the second listing in accordance with the second different visibility to offer the second version of the content to the other devices.

15 more elements

At a computer system, the computer system including a processor and system memory, the computer system configured to offer content to other devices through an online store, a method for unveiling content to the other devices, the method comprising:

accessing a version of content;
formulating identifying data for the version of the content;
associating a version object with the version of the content, the version object indicating that the version of the content is targeted to a specific version of an operating system, the version object also including a limited release attribute, the value of the limited release attribute indicating that:
the version of the content is restricted content;
and
accessibility to the content is limited to users that are authorized to view restricted content;
creating a listing for the version of the content by:
using the identifying data to indicate the listing is offering the version of the content;
and
setting a visibility for the listing so that the version of content is accessible to users authorized to view restricted content but not accessible to other users;
presenting the listing at the online store in accordance with the visibility;
subsequent to presenting the listing, without modification to the version of the content, and while the online store remains operational:
receiving input that changes the value of the limited release attribute to a new value, the new value indicating that the version of the content is to be publicly available;
updating the listing for the version of the content by setting a new visibility for the listing, the new visibility indicating that the version of content publicly visible;
and
presenting the listing at the online store in accordance with the new visibility.

13 more elements

A computer program product for use at an online store, the online store configured to offer content to other devices, the computer program product for implementing a method for offering a plurality of versions of a portion of content to the other devices, the computer program product comprising one or more computer storage devices having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed at a processor, cause the online store to:

access a first version of content;
formulate identifying data for the first version of the content, the identifying data identifying the first version of the content as a version of the content;
associate a first version object with the first version of the content, the first version object indicating that the first version of the content is targeted to a specified version of an operating system, the first version object also including a first limited release attribute indicating the accessibility of the first version of the content;
access a second different version of the content;
formulate the identifying data the second version of the content, the identifying data identifying the second version of the content as a version of the content;
associate a second version object with the second version of the content, the second version object indicating that the second version of the content is targeted to the specified version of the operating system, the second version object also including a second limited release attribute indicating the accessibility of the second version of the content;
create a first listing for the first version of the content by:
using the identifying data to indicate the first listing is offering a version of the content;
and
setting a first visibility for the first listing based on the first limited release attribute;
create a second different listing for the second version of the content by:
using the identifying data to indicate the second listing is offering a version of the content;
and
setting a second different visibility for the second listing based on the second limited release attribute, the second visibility differing from the first visibility;
simultaneously make the first version of the content and the second version of the content available to the other devices, including:
present the first listing in accordance with the first visibility to offer the first version of the content to the other devices;
and
present the second listing in accordance with the second different visibility to offer the second version of the content to the other devices.

15 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.