Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Linkedin Corporation

Divya Jindal

Sean Sands

Shernaz R Pavri

Johan Rindegard

Timothy Lindvall, Ii

Sarah E Clatterbuck

Ian Alexander Lindsay

Sara Harrington

Steven Foote

Erika Rottenberg

Arulkumar Elumalai

Sumit Garg

Girija Bhagavatula

Methods and systems of managing settings are described. According to various embodiments, a settings page corresponding to a user's settings on an online service may be caused to be displayed on a device. The settings page may comprise selectable category setting options for a setting category. The setting category may have a plurality of subcategories, and each subcategory may have its own selectable subcategory setting options. Each one of the category setting options may correspond to its own distinct configuration of subcategory setting options for its subcategories. A user input indicating a selection of one of the category setting options for the setting category may be received. The configuration of subcategory setting options corresponding to the selected one of the category setting options for the setting category may be applied to the user's settings on the online service.

Settings management of an online service

Techniques for managing and applying an availability profile are described. An apparatus may comprise a profile management component operative to store a profile for a user having a condition for activation, a user agent component operative to determine whether the condition is satisfied, a user location component operative to determine a location of the user, and a communication component operative to apply the profile to communication for the user if the condition is satisfied. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Techniques for managing and applying an availability profile

Settings page redesign

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