Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

J Anthony East

Aidan T Hughes

Paul Clay Barr

William X Yang

Steven Charles Glenner

Gyorgy K Schadt

Andrew C Wassyng

Anzhelika Y Nishanova

David Yalovsky

James Andrew Bennett

David A Yalovsky

In accordance with one or more aspects of the image-based backgrounds for images, an image is analyzed in order to identify a color that represents the image. An enhanced background is generated based at least in part on the identified color, and both the image and the enhanced background are output on a screen. In addition, or alternatively, the identified color can be saved as being associated with the image in order to be used to generate an enhanced background for the image when the image is displayed.

Image-based backgrounds for images

A metadata-based application model for software systems provides for the integration and storing of application metadata with the application itself effectively replacing the system registry. In calling or updating the application components or modules, queries to the metadata within the application folders returns references to the files with metadata that matches the query. The component or modules are called or updated within the file using the returned reference. The present invention also provides a data structure comprising a data field for the application code and another field for the metadata.

Metadata-based application model for large applications

A portable storage device includes an interface and one or more flash memories. The one or more flash memories store one or more executable files that can be executed by a host computer to which the device is coupled without altering any environment settings on the host computer even though the one or more executable files include instructions to access environment settings. Additionally, the application is bound to the portable storage device during an activation process.

Portable applications

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J Anthony East