CLIENT SIDE INDEXING OF OFFLINE ADDRESS BOOK FILES

• US 20080301179A1
• Filed: 08/12/2008
• Published: 12/04/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/14/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Romano, Victor Erwin, Shipp, Neil L.
• Application Number:
  US12/190,444
• Publication Number:
  US 20080301179A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/102
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2228 Indexing structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/252 between a Database Management System and a front-end application
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99932 Access augmentation or optimizing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99937 Sorting
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99943 Generating database or data structure, e.g. via user interface
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99952 Coherency, e.g. same view to multiple users

Abstract

A method of building an offline address book (OAB). An OAB data file and a table of attributes are generated at a server. The data file and table are transferred from the server to a client. The transferred data file and table are indexed by the client.

Claims

1-20. -20. (canceled)

21. A method of building an offline address book (OAB) on a plurality of clients comprising:

generating an OAB data file and a table of indexable attributes at a server, wherein each OAB;

transferring the data file and the table of indexable attributes from the server to a client; and

indexing the transferred data file according to the table of indexable attributes, wherein the index comprises;

a header structure comprising a version number that distinguishes between different OAB file types; and

an offset to into the OAB data file.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the table of indexable attributes comprises at least one of the following:

an ambiguous name resolution file;

a browse index file; and

a distinguished name index file.

23. The method of claim 21, wherein the OAB data file comprises the following:

and OAB header, and attribute table, and a plurality of OAB records.

24. The method of claim 21, wherein generating the OAB data file further comprises truncating properties to limit the size of the OAB data file.

25. The method of claim 24, further comprising maintaining a list of the properties that have been truncated.

26. The method of claim 21, wherein the OAB data file is compressed.

27. A computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a computer, performs the method comprising:

generating an OAB data file and a table of indexable attributes at a server, wherein each OAB;

transferring the data file and the table of indexable attributes from the server to a client; and

indexing the transferred data file according to the table of indexable attributes, wherein the index comprises;

a header structure comprising a version number that distinguishes between different OAB file types; and

an offset to into the OAB data file.

28. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 27, wherein the table of indexable attributes comprises at least one of the following:

an ambiguous name resolution file;

a browse index file; and

a distinguished name index file.

29. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 27, wherein the OAB data file comprises the following:

and OAB header, and attribute table, and a plurality of OAB records.

30. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 27, wherein generating the OAB data file further comprises truncating properties to limit the size of the OAB data file.

31. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 30, further comprising maintaining a list of the properties that have been truncated.

32. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 27, wherein the OAB data file is compressed.