Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Kenneth W Wickes

Kyle James Krum

Kanchan Mitra

Jeremy Max Stevens

Adil Faisal

Amit Kripalani

Sergei Osobov

Jonathan L Shriver-Blake

Deepthi Kandimalla

Mihai Iuga

The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or method that detects, installs and launches applications on client machines. The disclosed system can include a component that receives a request to launch or install a client application. The component detects whether an application is present in a client machine by scrutinizing the received request and extracting an agent string associated with the client application. Based at least in part on the agent string, a server in receipt of the request can distribute a formatted document affiliated with the client application and thereafter initiate the application to execute on the client machine through MIME-type association.

Standard based detection and launch of client applications

A sidebar UI of an application program provides access to the application program's functionality while occupying a reduced amount of real estate on the screen when compared to conventional UIs. The sidebar UI comprises an icon or multiple icons, and each icon references a pane that provides its user the ability to access and utilize a function and/or feature of the application program. Selecting an icon in the sidebar UI causes the referenced pane which provides access to, for example, a feature of the application program to be displayed on the screen. 'Clicking off' the pane causes the pane to close.

System and method for displaying full product functionality using minimal user interface footprint

Portion of a display screen with user interface

A screen resolution information gathering and reporting system allows access to screen resolution information of attendees of a collaboration session. When attendees first join the collaboration session, each attendee's screen resolution information is gathered. The collected screen resolution information is then provided to the presenter of the collaboration session, for example, when the presenter joins the collaboration session or begins application sharing within the collaboration session.

System and method for gathering and reporting screen resolutions of attendees of a collaboration session

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Kenneth W Wickes