Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Techniques to perform gradual upgrades
- Patent Title (中): 逐步升级的技术
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Application No.: US12893263Application Date: 2010-09-29
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Publication No.: US08370828B2Publication Date: 2013-02-05
- Inventor: John Keith Bankston , Ziyi Wang , Corey M. Roussel , Joel M. Fillmore , Kshamta Jerath , Kimon Tsinteris
- Applicant: John Keith Bankston , Ziyi Wang , Corey M. Roussel , Joel M. Fillmore , Kshamta Jerath , Kimon Tsinteris
- Applicant Address: US WA Redmond
- Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
- Current Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Redmond
- Main IPC: G06F9/44
- IPC: G06F9/44

Abstract:
Techniques to perform gradual upgrades are described. An apparatus may include a database with a data set for a first version of an application program, and a computing device to couple to the database. The computing device may have a processor and memory, with the memory to store a first version of an application program, an installer program, and a gradual update engine. The processor may execute the installer program to install a second version of the application program, and said gradual update engine to convert the data set to a data schema used by the second version one data segment at a time. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110016461A1 TECHNIQUES TO PERFORM GRADUAL UPGRADES Public/Granted day:2011-01-20
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