Abstract: The disclosure provides a system and method for managing and sequencing the transmission of digital content items from a network-accessible content service to a portable digital content device. The content service includes a cache management subsystem and provides storage for a plurality of playlists which are variously associated with user accounts and which each contain one or more digital content items. The cache management subsystem is configured to sequence transmission of digital content items to a given portable device based on attributes associated with the playlists containing the digital content items to be transmitted to the device.
Abstract: Consolidating a set of tenant log streams from separate user databases into a consolidated log stream. The method includes receiving a plurality of tenant log streams from separate user data bases. The method further includes recording the plurality of tenant log streams as a consolidated log stream. The method further includes maintaining metadata about the consolidated log stream to map log records from the plurality of tenant log streams to their location in the consolidated log stream.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 21, 2012
Date of Patent:
June 23, 2015
Assignee:
Microsoft Technology Licenising, LLC
Inventors:
Robin Dhananjay Dhamankar, Peter Byrne, Hanumantha Rao Kodavalla