Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Donna B Andrews

Ahsan Syed Kabir

Sterling M Reasor

Sean Olin Blagsvedt

Peyman Oreizy

Angela K Butcher

Hilary K Palman

Paul Alexander Gusmorino, Iii

Patrice Lynn Miner

David George De Vorchik

Chris J Guzak

Michael Jay Gilmore

Timothy P McKee

Jason Fergus Moore

Colin Ray Anthony

Richard Malcolm Banks

Tyler Kien Beam

Relja Ivanovic

Giampiero M Sierra

Marieke Iwema Watson

Kenneth Martin Tubbs

Lyon K F Wong

Paul Cutsinger

Benjamin Betz

Jeffrey C Belt

Lyon King-Fook Wong

Sasanka Chalivendra

Aidan N Low

Paul A Gusmorino, Iii

Ashley E Averett

Cornelius K Van Dok

Gerald Paul Joyce

Alex D Wade

Cornelius K Van Dock

Michael Pell

The presentation of headers for groups of locations in a library comprising a collection of locations is disclosed. One disclosed embodiment comprises receiving a request to organize a library into groups according to a selected property, and organizing the locations into groups such that locations within a selected group have a common value of the selected property. If the common value of the selected property for the selected group corresponds to an object distinct from the locations in the group, then a first type of group header configured to accept a first set of user inputs associated with the header is displayed. Otherwise, a second type of group header configured to accept a second, different set of user inputs is displayed.

Presentation of headers for groups of locations in an electronic library

A file system shell is provided. One aspect of the shell provides virtual folders which expose regular files and folders to users in different views based on their metadata instead of the actual physical underlying file system structure on the disk. Users are able to work with the virtual folders through direct manipulation (e.g., clicking and dragging, copying, pasting, etc.). Filters are provided for narrowing down sets of items. Quick links are provided which can be clicked on to generate useful views of the sets of items. Libraries are provided which consist of large groups of usable types of items that can be associated together, along with functions and tools related to the items. A virtual address bar is provided which comprises a plurality of segments, each segment corresponding to a filter for selecting content. A shell browser is provided with which users can readily identify an item based on the metadata associated with that item. An object previewer in a shell browser is provided which is configured to display a plurality of items representing multiple item types.

User interface for a file system shell

A user interface is configured to identify and display each of the one or more service providers servicing the user's computing system. The interface also identifies the presence information that is being supplied to the service providers by the user's computing system for publication. The presence information that is provided to the service providers can include, but is not limited to, the name, alias, location, and network status of the user. A user can make global or discrete customized changes to the presence information that is provided to each of the service providers through the user interface. Modifications made to the presence information can also be made automatically to reflect a new condition or status in the user's presence on a network that is provided by a service provider.

Controlling publication of presence information

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Donna B Andrews