Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Aarthi Jayaram

Ankit Gupta

Vivek Yogesh Tripathi

Samish Chandra Kolli

Raghu Ram Hiremagalur Venkatesh

Diego Andres Buthay

Juan G Grande

The disclosed embodiments provide a system for managing data conflation. During operation, the system generates matches between a first set of entities in a first dataset from a first data provider and a second set of entities in a second dataset from a second data provider based on comparisons of fields in the first and second datasets. Next, the system modifies a join query for joining the first and second datasets to include operators representing compliance rules for the first or second datasets. The system executes the modified join query to produce a joined dataset that adheres to the compliance rules and stores data related to the joined dataset within a platform that logically isolates the data from additional datasets. During processing of queries of the data, the system modifies the queries to include additional operators that enforce access control policies for the data.

Compliant entity conflation and access

A system, method, apparatus and graphical user interface are provided for navigating a multi-component application or service&#x2014;such as an application that executes on a mobile device and that includes multiple features, pages, content items, utilities, settings, etc. A shortcut bar provides rapid access to application components that correspond to multiple shortcuts, and the shortcut bar can be opened, by swiping it, to reveal a set of options associated with an open shortcut (e.g., the shortcut closest to where the user swiped on the bar). The options can be scrolled (e.g., vertically) or swiped in another direction (e.g., sideways) to access options associated with other shortcuts. The shortcut bar and the options provide set paths of navigation to desired content, without regard to the current context (e.g., the displayed content). Navigation paths to the content via the current context will vary, depending on the displayed content.

Context-independent navigation of electronic content

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