Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Rafael Lopez-Uricoechea

Eugene Seichi Lin

Hui Huang

Omar H Shahine

Sarat Chandra Subramaniam

Greg S Friedman

Robert G Hawking

Silvana Patricia Moncayo

Daron Spektor

Peter Eberhardy

Jonathan Alexander Bockelman

Kevin Kaiwon Lam

Sean Lamont Grant Livingston

Gaurav R Doshi

Oliver Bruno Colbert

Alisa Yujin So

Michael Scott Pierce

Brandon Philip Zahl

Gang Zhai

Sean L G Livingston

A browser on a client device is navigated to a hosting computing system that hosts a service that provides access to documents. The browser is navigated to a particular document, to access the document. The document is displayed by the browser. A link to the document is displayed in an address bar generated by the browser, along with a graphical element indicative of the sharing attributes corresponding to the link.

Surfacing sharing attributes of a link proximate a browser address bar

A computing system configured to provide access to electronic content is provided. The computing system includes a processor and memory coupled to the processor containing instructions that when executed provide a user interface component and a link generation component. A data store is coupled to the processor and configured to store the electronic content. The user interface component is configured to receive user input requesting creation of a sharing link relative to selected electronic content stored in the data store. The user interface component is further configured to receive an indication that endpoint verification will be required for the sharing link. The link generation component is configured to responsively generate and provide a pseudo-anonymous sharing link relative to the selected electronic content.

Trackable sharable links

A computing system includes a processor and a data store coupled to the processor. The computing system provides access to electronic content stored in the data store. A user interface component receives an indication of an external user with which to share an item of electronic content. A link generation component is generates a link to share the item of electronic content. An access control component receives a request from a requestor to access the item of electronic content using the link, and responsively verify an identity of a requestor. The user interface component provides access to the item of electronic content to the requestor if the identity was verified and receives a user input indicative of an external account binding request. The access control component determines if the requestor has authenticated with the external account and selectively binds the link to the external account if the user authenticates with the external account.

Transfer of secure external sharing link

A computing system includes a processor and memory storing instructions executable by the at least one processor. The instructions, when executed, provide a user interface component that receives an indication of an external user with which to share an item of electronic content, a link generation component that generates a link to share the item of electronic content and identifies a communication endpoint associated with the external user, and an access control component that receives a request to access the item of electronic content using the link and, in response to the request, generates an access code that is communicated to the communication endpoint associated with the external user. The user interface component receives an access input, and the access control component grants access to the item of electronic content based on a determination that the access input includes the access code communicated to the communication endpoint associated with the external user.

External sharing with improved security

The techniques enable a device to identify a best suitable application to open a resource such as a file. The file can be shared via a link or can be attached to a communication. The link comprises a uniform resource locator (URL) or is in some way associated with an underlying URL. The URL includes a pattern, or a portion that identifies a domain (e.g., a hostname) and/or a portion that identifies a type of file that is to be accessed and opened. Upon activation of the link, the device analyzes the URL to determine the pattern. The device then obtains, from a service associated with the URL, a ranked list of applications that are authorized to open the file. Moreover, the device performs, at run-time, a negotiation with the service to determine which application is best suited to open the file.

Identifying the best suitable application to open a file shared via a link

A computing system is configured to provide access to electronic content. The computing system includes a processor, a data store, an access control system, and a user interface component. The data store is coupled to the processor and is configured to store the electronic content. The access control system control system is configured to selectively allow a requestor to access the electronic content based on a stored metadata setting that is associated with the link. The user interface component is configured to receive a setting change related to a share associated with the link and to persist metadata associated with the setting change.

Persistent mutable sharing of electronic content

A computing system configured to provide access to electronic content includes a processor, a data store, a user interface component, a link generation component, and an access control component. The data store is coupled to the processor and is configured to store the electronic content. The user interface component is configured to receive an indication of an external organization of users with which to share a selected an electronic resource. The link generation component is configured to generate a link to the electronic resource based on the indication of the external organization. The access control component is configured to receive a request via the link to access the electronic resource and to selectively allow access based on whether the requestor is a member of the external organization.

Organizational external sharing of electronic data

A computing system that provides access to electronic content includes a processor, a data store, and a user interface component. The data store is coupled to the processor and configured to store the electronic content. The user interface component is coupled to the processor and configured to generate a user interface allowing an internal user to generate a sharing request to share electronic content with an external user. The processor is configured to determine whether the internal user is a member of a group that is allowed to externally share content and to inhibit external sharing of the electronic content if the internal user is not a member of the group that is allowed to externally share the electronic content.

Group-based external sharing of electronic data

Methods and systems are provided for facilitating a download of a specific portion of a map onto a computing device based on information received from a location-aware service. Location information, a start date, and an end date associated with travel plans of a user are received from, for example, a location-aware application or service. A download time corresponding to when to download a map portion corresponding to the received location information is determined. At or prior to the download time, it is determined whether the map portion can be downloaded at that particular time based on one or more factors. If the map portion can be downloaded at that time, the map portion is downloaded to a device associated with the user. The map portion is then removed from the device associated with the user on or after the end date.

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