Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Disney Enterprises, Inc.

Marieke Iwema Watson

Aaron Wesley Cunningham

Patrice Lynn Miner

Adrienne E O'Donnell

Michael A LaJoie

Robert Kenneth Stein, Iii

Jenny T Lam

Paul Alexander Gusmorino, Iii

Michael Jay Gilmore

Robert Ward Massa

David T Jones

Tjeerd Hoek

Mark R Ligameri

Greg S Melander

Colin Ray Anthony

Bryan Pieratt

Martijn Eldert Van Tilburg

Luciana Bordallo Misura

Michael Curato

Shawna Swanson

Cornelis K Van Dok

Benjamin N Truelove

Srinivas Raghu Gatta

Savas Guven

Talos Shu-Ming Tsui

Michael Anthony Martinez

Christina Szi-Gia Chen

Richard Malcolm Banks

Alexandru Gavrilescu

Richard M Banks

Haiyong Wang

Dennis A Morgan

Bill Begorre

Rahul Chandran

Manuel Christian Clement

Denise Michele Trabona

Lindsey R Barcheck

David George De Vorchik

Chris J Guzak

Timothy P McKee

Jason Fergus Moore

David G Thaler

Tyler Kien Beam

Relja Ivanovic

Gursharan Singh Sidhu

Giampiero M Sierra

Kenneth Martin Tubbs

Jean-Pierre Duplessis

Paul Cutsinger

Ahsan Syed Kabir

Benjamin Betz

Jonathan David Barsook

Russell Scott Randall

Jeffrey C Belt

Lyon King-Fook Wong

Sasanka Chalivendra

Alok Sinha

Donna B Andrews

Aidan N Low

Matthew Bice

Dana Nunnelly

Martijn Van Tilburg

Gerald Paul Joyce

Alex D Wade

Patrice Lynn Minor

David Jones

Described is a technology by which network connections are unified into a single user interface for user interaction with those networks. Upon receiving information identifying available networks that correspond to different types of media, a user interface component aggregates the available network connections and displays representations of the available network connections on the user interface. The result is a single user interface page on which the available networks are represented as available network connections that may correspond to destinations, for example by displaying a network name and/or a user-friendly name maintained in a network profile. Also displayable is connectivity status, security-related information, signal strength information for wireless network connections, and other information. The user may choose to show all available network connections, or only subset of the available network connections (e.g., only wireless, or only dial-up and VPN).

Connecting to different network types through a common user interface

A system and related techniques accept user-inputted search terms, for example to perform a search for files or other data or objects. Corresponding matches to those terms may be presented to the user in a 'word-wheel'-type breakout list generated on the fly for groupings of hits by attributes or other criteria, as the system searches through the file system at the current level or point in the file system hierarchy. Search results may be continuously or dynamically updated as the user, for example, enters more characters or other data.

System and method for dynamically generating a selectable search extension

There is presented a system and method for providing a digital multimedia presentation. The system comprises a presentation server and a presentation content database configured to store a plurality of digital multimedia content items, accessible through the presentation server. The system also comprises a presentation control application configured to enable identification of a digital multimedia content item for presentation from among the plurality of digital multimedia content items. The presentation control application is configured to organize the plurality of digital multimedia content items into digital multimedia content sets displayed on a selection plane, enable navigation in a first navigation mode on the selection plane, group the plurality of digital multimedia content items into grouping subsets displayed on a presentation plane, enable navigation in the first navigation mode on the presentation plane, and enable navigation in a second navigation mode between the selection plane and the presentation plane.

System and method for providing digital multimedia presentations

A system and related techniques accept user-inputted search terms, for example to perform a search for files or other data or objects. According to embodiments, an extension of a search to different levels or points in the file system hierarchy may be automatically generated and presented to the user as a selectable search box. That box may be highlighted to the user for easy selection. When the user selects the selectable search box, the user's search for files of type or extension '.doc' or '.memo', may be seamlessly extended to other files, folders, trees or other points or levels in the file system hierarchy. Search results may be continuously or dynamically updated as the user enters more characters or other data.

Display screen with an icon

A system and related techniques accept user-inputted search terms, for example to perform a search for files or other data or objects. Corresponding matches to those terms may be presented to the user in a 'word-wheel'-type breakout list generated on the fly for groupings of hits by attributes or other criteria, as the system searches through the file system at the current level or point in the file system hierarchy. According to embodiments, when the search logic fails to locate a hit on the inputted search term at the current level or point in the file system hierarchy, an extension of the search to different levels or points in the file system hierarchy may be automatically generated, and for instance presented to the user as a selectable search box. That box may for example be highlighted to the user for easy selection. When the user does select the selectable search box, the user's search, for instance for files of type or extension '.doc' or &#x201c;.memo&#x201d;, may be seamlessly extended to other files, folders, trees or other points or levels in the file system hierarchy. Search results may be continuously or dynamically updated as the user, for example, enters more characters or other data.

The claimed method and system provides a graphical user interface that illustrates network topology information, including connection paths between devices on the local network and an external network such as the Internet. The claimed method and system may use a three column format for presenting the topology that is more intuitive for a user. Also, the claimed method and system may aggregate context and connection information from multiple different protocols to provide the topology display. Further, the claimed method and system may use a device registry to enable customized and extensible representations of the network devices.

Network map

A user interface for creating and joining meetings over a peer-to-peer network involves presentation of user interface windows including windows for selecting parameters corresponding to the ad-hoc network, activating sharing of Internet connections and joining an existing ad-hoc network by entering network name and optional password. The user interface further provides for entry of a country to select an appropriate wireless network protocol for use in that country when an attached wireless device supports such agility, for example, an 802.11(d) wireless network adapter.

Ad hoc wireless network create/join user experience

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

Described is a technology by which network connectivity information may be communicated via a single notifications area (e.g., system tray) icon, including by representing different images of the icon to display different types/states of connectivity and different types of media connections. For example, the icon may indicate whether Internet connectivity is present, and whether the connection is wired or wireless. The icon may regularly transition between at least two images to communicate different variables, e.g., types of connectivity and/or different types of media connections. The icon may be interactive to provide a tooltip, flyout and/or context menu related to the network state, and the icon may change in response to the networking state change event, e.g., be updated when a different capability connection is detected, when a different interface is detected, and/or when a wireless network with a different signal quality is detected.

Network connectivity and wireless status in a notification area

Discovery of a network to which a device is in communication and classifying the network is disclosed. The network may be classified as a network already known or a new network signature may be created where the network signature is made up of a network id, a link id and a hop id.

API for network discovery

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Marieke Iwema Watson