US 7,013,469 B2Granted

Application program interface for network software platform

AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation

InventorsAdam W. Smith, Anthony J. Moore, Brian A. LaMacchia, Anders Hejlsberg, Brian M. Grunkemeyer, Caleb L. Doise, Christopher W. Brumme, Christopher L. Anderson, Corina E. Feuerstein, Craig T. Sinclair, Daniel Takacs, David S. Ebbo, David O. Driver, David S. Mortenson, Erik B. Christensen, Erik B. Olson, Fabio A. Yeon, Gopala Krishna R. Kakivaya, Gregory D. Fee, Hany E. Ramadan, Henry L. Sanders, Jayanth V. Rajan, Jeffrey M. Cooperstein, Jonathan C. Hawkins, James H. Hogg, Joe D. Long, John I. McConnell, Jesus Ruiz-Scougall, James S. Miller, Julie D. Bennett, Krzysztof J. Cwalina, Lance E. Olson, Loren M. Kohnfelder, Michael M. Magruder, Manish S. Prabhu, Radu Rares Palanca, Raja Krishnaswamy, Shawn P. Burke, Sean E. Trowbridge, Seth M. Demsey, Shajan Dasan, Stefan H. Pharies, Suzanne M. Cook, Tarun Anand, Travis J. Muhlestein, Yann E. Christensen, Yung-shin Lin, Ramasamy Krishnaswamy, Joseph Roxe, Alan Boshier, David Bau

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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.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A computerized method in a distributed computing system comprising:

handling, by an application, requests submitted by applications executing on remote devices over a network;
and
presenting, by an application program interface, functions used by the applications to access network and computing resources of the distributed computing system, wherein the application program interface comprises a set of base classes and types that are used in substantially all applications executing on the remote devices submitting requests, wherein the set of base classes and types comprises:
an AsyncCallback delegate supplied to an application, wherein the AsyncCallback delegate references a callback method to be called when a corresponding asynchronous operation is completed;
and
an IAsyncResult interface that enables determination of the status of an asynchronous operation, wherein the IAsyncResult interface includes:
an AsyncState property that returns the object that was provided as the last parameter as part of a Begin call corresponding to the asynchronous operation;
an AsyncWaitHandle property that returns a WaitHandle that can be used to allow the application to wait for a call to be completed without needing to poll;
a CompletedSynchronously property that is set to true if the Begin call corresponding to the asynchronous operation completed synchronously;
and
an IsCompleted property that is set to true after processing of the asynchronous operation is completed.

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A computerized system comprising:

means for handling requests submitted by applications executing on remote devices over a network;
and
means for presenting functions used by the applications to access network and computing resources of a distributed computing system, wherein the means for presenting comprises a set of base classes and types that are used in substantially all applications executing on the remote devices submitting requests, wherein the set of base classes and types comprises:
an AsyncCallback delegate supplied to an application, wherein the AsyncCallback delegate references a callback method to be called when a corresponding asynchronous operation is completed;
and
an IAsyncResult interface that enables determination of the status of an asynchronous operation, wherein the IAsyncResult interface includes:
an AsyncState property that returns the object that was provided as the last parameter as part of a Begin call corresponding to the asynchronous operation;
an AsyncWaitHandle property that returns a WaitHandle that can be used to allow the application to wait for a call to be completed without needing to poll;
a CompletedSynchronously property that is set to true if the Begin call corresponding to the asynchronous operation completed synchronously;
and
an IsCompleted property that is set to true after processing of the asynchronous operation is completed.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 11/159,851Filed 23 Jun 2005 · continuation
Priority: 10 Jul 2001
Published: US 2005/0240943 A127 Oct 2005
Granted: 14 Mar 2006
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

G06F 3/00
Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable
G06F 9/46
Using stored programs, i.e. using an internal store of processing equipment to receive or retain programs: multiprogramming arrangements
G06F 9/465
Multiprogramming arrangements: distributed object oriented systems
G06F 9/541
Interprogram communication: via adapters, e.g. between incompatible applications

Family

Application09/902,811Parent of this continuation · filed 10 Jul 2001
US 2005/0240943 A1Pre-grant publication · published 27 Oct 2005
US 2003/0167356 A1Published application
US 7,017,162 B2Related patent
US 7,013,469 B2This patent

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