US Patent:
20090292545, Nov 26, 2009
Inventors:
Yunus Mohammed - Bellevue WA, US
Apurva F. Dalia - Sammamish WA, US
Christopher Gariepy - Bothell WA, US
Venugopala Rao Moram - Redmond WA, US
Joydeep Bhattacharyya - Bellevue WA, US
Sandeep P. Karanth - Bangalore, IN
Christopher J. Saam - Kirkland WA, US
Lizhong Huang - Sammamish WA, US
Rodrigo Junqueira Lode - Redmond WA, US
Assignee:
MICROSOFT CORPORATION - Redmond WA
International Classification:
G06Q 10/00
Abstract:
Methods and computer-readable media are provided herein for implementing custom application programming interfaces (API) for creating, managing, and provisioning packages of online applications. An offer management service API is implemented that provides methods for creating and modifying offers for packages of online applications. An offer provisioning API is implemented that provides methods enabling the provisioning of online applications for subscribers to offers. An application provider API is published and utilized to provision and maintain individual instances of online applications provided by application providers.