Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Andrew Shuman

Sandy Wong

Derrick Leslie Connell

Yinghua Yao

Jun Yin

Ravi Soin

Kim Vlcek

Marek Latuskiewicz

Robert L Rounthwaite

Se-Wai Lee

Ian M Williams

Eric L Van Doren

Mark H Schmidt

Igor Dvorkin

Rajanikanth Ageeru

Bonnie Pan

Nishadi Kolonne

Sreekanth Kannepalli

Agnieszka Girling

Evyenia R KaraEftimoglu

Gama Aguilar-Gamez

Matthew Tebbs

Dhruv Sood

Farheen Omar

Jason Brinkle

Julia Syi

RajaniKanth Ageeru

Robert Hanley

Taft Sandbakken

Vihar Tammana

Emanuel Rosu

Piotr Walaszek

James Mellers

Mark Schmidt

Evyenia R Karaeftimoglu

Non-limiting examples of the present disclosure describe surfacing a representation of digital artifacts for a user. An operation context associated with a user is identified. The operational context may correspond with an electronic document that is accessed through a productivity application. One or more of a plurality of digital artifacts may be identified based on the identified operational context. An exemplary representation of the one or more digital artifacts is surfaced through a user interface. An exemplary user interface may be a user interface of a productivity application, for example, where the electronic document is being accessed through the productivity application. In alternative examples, an exemplary user interface may be associated with a home service that is executed in association with an operating system (OS). In some instances, an operational context may change resulting in an update to an exemplary representation of digital artifacts. Other examples are also described.

Recall service for productivity applications

Computer-storage media, methods, and systems for improving the ability of a user to accomplish a task that is pending during a search session are provided. When a user invokes the pending task, a collection of elements that are associated with the pending task are dynamically organized into a sharable content page that may be shared with a user's contacts via a social network. The user's contacts may comment on or provide feedback related to the pending task. The feedback may be published to the sharable content page and presented to the user on a user interface.

Organizing search history into collections

Computer-storage media, methods, and systems for improving the ability of a user to accomplish a task that is pending during a search session are provided. This pending task can be distilled by identifying a current searching intent associated with a recently submitted query and by determining which candidate tasks are most comparable to the current searching intent of a user. The candidate tasks are mined from a search history of the user by categorizing those navigation events that appear to share a semantically common concept. Upon performing a comparison, the candidate task that captures the user's true current searching intent is designated as the pending task. When a user invokes the pending task, a collection of elements that are associated with the pending task are dynamically organized into a sharable content page, thereby providing a collaborative experience that involves exposing the collection to contacts and accepting feedback therefrom.

A form for displaying an electronic message item includes an information object that highlights important information about the message. The information displayed in the information object is automatically derived by examining the message properties that constitute the message item. The examination of the message properties includes applying a series of if-then statements to predetermined message properties. If the results of one or more of the if-then tests are true, the program composes one or more information items that reflect the state of the message item. The program will also examine data external to the message item. The information items are composed in a natural language format and are prioritized prior to being displayed in the information object.

Method for highlighting information contained in an electronic message

A form for displaying an electronic message item includes an information object that highlights important information about the message. Test properties are defined based on the message type. The information displayed in the information object is automatically derived by examining message properties corresponding to the defined test properties. The examination of the message properties includes applying a series of if-then statements to predetermined message properties. If the results of one or more of the if-then tests are true, the program composes one or more information items that reflect the state of the message item. The program will also examine data external to the message item. The information items are composed in a natural language format and are prioritized prior to being displayed in the information object.

Method for displaying information contained in an electronic message

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