Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Ritika Virmani

Jane T Kim

Warren G Stevens

Sarah J Bowers

Randall Knight Winjum

Jeffrey Richard McKune

Eric M Lawrence

Ryan Charles Colvin

John Scarrow

Jess Holbrook

Elliott Jeb Haber

Todd A Sahl

Clint C Jorgenson

Dave Risney

Andrew E Olson

Susan Makarian

Various embodiments provide a download bar user interface control that is designed to help users maintain focus on their browsing activities, while offering notifications regarding a file download. In at least some embodiments, the download bar user interface control is non-modal and is presented at a location within the browsing field-of-view that is selected to reduce user distraction. Various embodiments also provide a download manager user interface that enables multiple download-related tasks to be performed. In at least some embodiments, the download manager user interface is presented responsive to input to the download bar user interface control. Further to some embodiments, the download bar user interface control can be closed responsive to the download manager user interface being presented and download-related notifications and options transferred from the download bar user interface control to the download manager user interface.

Download bar user interface control

A Web browser of a computing device downloads or otherwise obtains a file. File information identifying the file is obtained and is sent to a remote reputation service. Client information identifying aspects of the computing device can also optionally be sent to the remote reputation service. In response to the file information (and optionally client information), a reputation indication for the file is received from the remote reputation service. A user interface for the Web browser to present at the computing device is determined, based at least in part on the reputation indication, and presented at the computing device.

Reputation checking obtained files

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Ritika Virmani