Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Here Global B.v.

Preethi Ramani

Alexander A Sourov

David Andrew Morton

Darius Snapkauskas

Andy Chung-An Chang

Savraj Singh Dhanjal

Jensen Michael Harris

Juan Vicente Esteve Balducci

Gary William Hall

Alex Mogilevsky

Jason Evan Schleifer

Zhidong Yang

Jennifer Amy Sadler

Lou Nell Gerard

Andrew V Fomichev

Mike A Foster

Damon Lanphear

Rodrick Megraw

Curtis Allred

Sylvia Antje Hayashi

Angela Wai Ga So

Thomas C Kerrigan

Benjamin Goldfarb

Dan Yi

Byrisetty Rajeev

Jeremy Handcock

Dien Trang Luu

Eric Michael Faller

Andrew Fomichev

A computer system processes a message from a user mobile device by receiving the message from the user mobile device, wherein the message comprises a purchase request, and then determining a matching purchase offer in a database containing a plurality of purchase offers, wherein the matching purchase offer corresponds to an offer identified in the purchase request. The system then transmits a purchase request to a purchase agent at a third party provider that is associated with the matching purchase offer, and processing a purchase transaction received from the purchase agent at the third party provider.

Offers system

Methods, systems, and computer products are provided for exposing the programming of an application user interface to allow modification of the associated user interface to include adding, removing, disabling, enabling and repurposing new or existing user interface components.

Markup based extensibility for user interfaces

Displaying a custom user interface in response to a determination that the application program is configured to display the custom user interface. To create the custom user interface, the end user can customize one or more default user interface files to create custom user interface files. The default user interface files can comprise one or more of a structure definition file, a content definition file, and a content display file. Additionally, the custom user interface can be associated with a program module function that can execute in connection with displaying the custom user interface.

Method and system for providing an extensible user interface

When a user interface of a parent software application is modified such that user interface components of an add-in application are not compatible with the parent application user interface, user interface components associated with functionalities of the add-in application are added to the modified parent application user interface. A prior user interface of the parent application to which the add-in application user interface components are added is run in a background of the parent application and is not visible to users. User interface components in the parent application user interface are linked to corresponding add-in application user interface components in the prior user interface. Selection of a user interface component from the present user interface that is associated with an add-in application functionality causes selection of a corresponding user interface component in the background user interface, and the associated add-in functionality is executed.

Cross version and cross product user interface

Improved keyboard accelerators are provided for executing functionalities of a software application utilizing text-based and non text-based buttons or controls. Upon selection of a prescribed keyboard accelerator initiation key, for example, the 'Alt' key, a keyboard accelerator key tip in the form of a small window is displayed over the functionality buttons or controls displayed in a deployed user interface. Each key tip is labeled with one or more text characters for informing a user as to a secondary keyboard selection that must be made to execute the associated functionality.

Keyboard accelerator

The present invention allows a user to synchronize a device with at least two data sources that may cross-pollinate. The user's device is used to shuttle changes between the sources and resolves conflicts when changes are made to an item on multiple sources concurrently. The user's device keeps track of which version of the item each sync source has and synchronizes each of the sources to the latest version of an item.

Cross-pollination of multiple sync sources

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Seattle, WA, United States of America

Preethi Ramani