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Richard Jacob White

Manav Mishra

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Edward Boyle Averett

Brandon H Paddock

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Steven J Ball

Scott David Hoogerwerf

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Brian Eric Uphoff

Matthew P Duignan

Dennis L Davis

Yin Liu

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Benjamin J Karas

Robert H Liao

Jesse Clay Satterfield

Marc Wautier

Brendan D Elliott

Arun Gurunathan

Kwong K Leung

Brian E Uphoff

David C Fields

A system level search module receives system level search user interface registration information for an application of the computing device. The registration information includes an indication of how the system level search module can launch the application. The registration information is added to a registration store, and the application is included as one of one or more applications that can be searched using the system level search user interface.

Registration for system level search user interface

A file access request is received from an application. One or more file types for the file access request are identified, and one or more file hosts supporting files of the identified one or more file types are also identified. A user interface is displayed, the user interface including a hosted area. Within the hosted area, at least one of the one or more file hosts displays a portion of the user interface identifying one or more files of at least one file host that can be selected for retrieval, or one or more locations that can be selected to which the one or more files are saved.

File access with different file hosts

A system level search user interface that includes both a data entry portion and an application identification portion is displayed. User data input as a search term is displayed in the data entry portion, and identifiers of each of one or more applications of multiple applications on the computing device that can be searched using the search term are displayed in the application identification portion. The search term is provided to one application of the multiple applications for that one application to generate and display search results based on the search term while the display of at least the data entry portion of the system level search user interface is maintained.

System level search user interface

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