Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Michael H Tuchen

Steven Alfred Isaac

Paul A McDaniel

Mark B Grossman

James S Gwertzman

Ron E Critchfield

Jay Franklin McLain

Eric George Jakstadt

Sabina Nawaz

Sudheer Koneru

User-selected customization information for a network (e.g., HTML) document is stored at a server with reference to user identifying information that uniquely identifies the user. Whenever the user navigates back to the network address of the HTML document, the user is identified automatically and receives a customized HTML document formed in accordance with the customization information.

Customization of network documents

Customization of network documents by accessing customization information on a server computer using uniquie user identifiers

Customization of network documents using customization informations stored on the server computer

A system and method for dynamically displaying data items on a client computer. In one aspect of the invention, the client computer displays a graphical user interface having a windowing environment and a desktop. The desktop includes a ticker display pane for dynamically displaying the data items. The data items may contain hyperlinks so that a user has access to information on multiple server computers. The data items are displayed in a substantially continuous sequence and may be provided from Internet servers, Intranet servers, LAN servers, and/or the client computer itself.

System and method for displaying data items in a ticker display pane on a client computer

A system and method is disclosed for tracking a user across both secure and non-secure areas on an Internet and/or Intranet site. In one aspect of the system and method, when a user first accesses a non-secure area, such as a public area, the user is assigned a token, such as a globally-unique identifier (GUID). The token is used as a key to a database entry on a server computer for tracking the user in non-secure areas. When the user first accesses a secure area, the user is prompted to enter a user identification and a password. The user identification is then used as the key to the database entry, rather than the token. The server then uses the user identification to track the user across both secure and non-secure areas.

Tracking a user across both secure and non-secure areas on the Internet,

System and method for displaying data items in a ticker display pane on

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Michael H Tuchen