Katherine N King

US Patent:

20100218169, Aug 26, 2010

Filed:

Feb 20, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/389373

Inventors:

Melitta L. G. Andersen - Redmond WA, US
Michael Barnett - Seattle WA, US
Manuel A. Fahndrich - Seattle WA, US
Brian M. Grunkemeyer - Redmond WA, US
Katherine E. King - Seattle WA, US
Michael M. Magruder - Carnation WA, US
Andrew J. Pardoe - Bellevue WA, US
Kumar Gaurav Khanna - Redmond WA, US

Assignee:

MICROSOFT CORPORATION - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 9/44

US Classification:

717125, 717124, 714 48

Abstract:

An error handling system is described herein that provides a facility for controlling the behavior of software when the software violates a contract condition. The system provides configurable runtime behavior that takes place when a contract fails. The error handling system provides an event that a hosting application or other software code can register to handle and that the system invokes upon detecting a contract failure. The application's response to the event determines how the system handles the failure. If the event is unhandled, the system triggers an escalation policy that allows an administrator or application to specify how the system handles contract failures. Thus, the error handling system provides increased control over the handling of contract failures within software code.

US Patent:

20080178150, Jul 24, 2008

Filed:

Jan 19, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/655379

Inventors:

Katherine E. King - Seattle WA, US
Anthony J. Moore - Seattle WA, US
Shawn C. Steele - Bellevue WA, US
Kathy K. Kam - Redmond WA, US
Josh Free - Redmond WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 9/44

US Classification:

717114, 719328

Abstract:

Various technologies and techniques are disclosed that provide support for complex time zones. A framework environment has a time zone API that supports complex time zones. The time zone class allows zero or more adjustment rules to be specified for the time zone object to indicate any daylight saving time adjustments. A feature is provided to allow the time zone to be serialized into a string. When the feature receives a request to serialize a particular time zone to a string, the time zone is serialized to the string. The string contains a certain number of interior records that describe zero or more details about the time zone, the certain number being dependent upon a complexity of the particular time zone. A custom time zone feature is supported that allows a complex time zone to be created programmatically from within an application.