Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Timothy P McKee

David George De Vorchik

Chris J Guzak

Stephan Hoefnagels

Cornelis K Van Dok

Jason Fergus Moore

Robert F Day

Charles Cummins

Tyler Kien Beam

Fabrice A Debry

Jeffrey C Belt

David R Johnson

Kerem B Karatal

Relja Ivanovic

Giampiero M Sierra

Lyon King-Fook Wong

Christopher S Davis

Michael G Sheldon

Mohammed Samji

Lyon K F Wong

Walter R Smith

Benjamin Betz

Marc M Miller

Paul Alexander Gusmorino, Iii

Balan Sethu Raman

Richard Malcolm Banks

J Craig Hally

Randall Knight Winjum

Sarah E Schrock

Isaac A Sheldon

Andrew S Crane

Mark R Ligameri

Patrice Lynn Miner

Charles W Stabb

Yun Lin

Christopher Andrew Evans

David Andrew Matthews

Sterling M Reasor

Hillel Noah Cooperman

Shishir P Pardikar

Navjot Virk

Brian Scott Aust

David Joel Sheldon

Eric R Flo

David C Steere

David R Parlin

Scott E Dart

Paul Cutsinger

Nathaniel Harper Ballou

Timothy Daniel Noonan

Kanwal Vedbrat

Samuel Thomas Williams

David G DeVorchik

Leonard J Peterson

Ram Ramasubramanian

Chaitanya Dev Sareen

Colin Ray Anthony

Anil Kumar Nori

Richard M Banks

Michael Philip Arcuri

Marieke Iwema Watson

Kenneth Martin Tubbs

Zeke Book Odins-Lucas

Ahsan Syed Kabir

Marcus Harvey

Sasanka Chalivendra

Andrew G Bybee

Ross A Hunter

Donna B Andrews

Aidan N Low

Shane L Groff

Arlie L Davis

Dean M Pachosa

Stephan Hoefnageis

David H Schroeder

Cynthia L Bieniek

Lyon F K Wong

Gerald Paul Joyce

Alex D Wade

Ben Karas

In an electronic file system, preview information is provided to the user during a drag operation of a selected object onto a target object. The information indicates what type(s) of action is to be taken should the selected object be dropped onto the target object. The action(s) to be taken may depend upon the type of the selected object and/or the type of the target object. For example, where the selected object is an item and the target object is a persisted auto-list, the action may include adding, removing, or modifying one or more properties of the selected object to conform to one or more criteria defined by the persisted auto-list. Also, numerical feedback may be provided to the user where multiple objects are selected. For example, where seven objects are selected, the textual number '7' may appear next to the cursor.

Rich drag drop user interface

A system, method, and computer-accessible medium for protecting user choice settings are provided. The system and method provide an application programming interface that uses a security subsystem to unlock, write, and relock the user choice settings to insure that the user's choices are enforced and respected by the applications that attempt to change them in a manner that is verifiable and transparent to the user. The user is notified whenever a change to their user choice settings is made.

Method and system for protecting user choices

A programming interface for a computer platform can include various functionality. In certain embodiments, the programming interface includes one or more of a first group of services related to re-usable user interface controls, a second group of services related to user interface dialogs and user interface wizards, a third group of services related to extending the user interface functionality, and a fourth group of services related to extending functionality of a desktop of the user interface.

Interface for a computer platform

A programming interface for a computer platform may include various functionality. In certain embodiments, the programming interface may include a sidebar that provides dynamic communication access and information awareness in an integrated interactive peripheral display. Specified communication contacts and information elements may be dynamically tracked or received and provided to a user on an ongoing basis. This capability may be provided via a customizable dynamic thumbnail displayed in one or more columns in a persistent display strip along one edge of a display device. Information may be updated according to rules set by a user.

Aspects of the present invention are directed to the stacking of visual items, and their subsequent expansion, or unstacking Upon selection of a stack, that stack expands into the individual visual items making up that stack. Further aspects of the present invention are directed to expanding a stack in different ways depending upon the circumstances. Further aspects of the present invention are directed to providing a hot area associated with, and potentially disposed around, a stack. Selection by the user of the hot area results in selection of the associated stack. The stack may itself be considered a single item that is itself selectable. After the stack is expanded, then the individual visual items making up the original stack are each individually selectable. However, when stacked, the individual items may not be selectable except as a complete stack.

Dynamic stacking and expansion of visual items

A file operations engine is provided that manages many user interactions with their files via a computer system. The operation engine may provide a user with the option to keep both files that have a file name conflict. It may further permit the user to rename a file involved with a file name conflict. The operations engine may also automatically rename one of the files of a file name conflict by appending a character to a root of the filename. The character may include the lowest integer available for the root in a destination for the files. The operations engine may provide the option to keep both files as part of a pre-calculation of potential errors for a requested operation. The operations engine may place file name conflicts in an error queue and permit the user to select an option to keep both files after the conflict is encountered.

File handling for naming conflicts

Computer system navigation tools provide 'links' to various different files, lists, folders, and/or other storage elements and allow users to organize files, e.g., by hierarchical properties, lists, auto lists, folders, and the like. Such systems and methods allow users to assign properties to a file (optionally in a hierarchical manner), to change assigned properties, to search, view, and retrieve information based on the assigned properties, and the like.

Systems, methods, and user interfaces for storing, searching, navigating, and retrieving electronic information

Aspects of the present invention are directed to the stacking of visual items, and their subsequent expansion, or unstacking. Upon selection of a stack, that stack expands into the individual visual items making up that stack. Further aspects of the present invention are directed to expanding a stack in different ways depending upon the circumstances. Further aspects of the present invention are directed to providing a hot area associated with, and potentially disposed around, a stack. Selection by the user of the hot area results in selection of the associated stack. The stack may itself be considered a single item that is itself selectable. After the stack is expanded, then the individual visual items making up the original stack are each individually selectable. However, when stacked, the individual items may not be selectable except as a complete stack.

Methods and systems providing a user interface control allowing a user to specify a scope of items on a computer system or network is disclosed. Certain aspects provide an input control through which a user can specify an explicit scope, or range, of items, while also identifying explicit exclusions from the specified scope, thereby reducing ambiguity regarding identification of items included and items excluded from the scope. When a user explicitly selects an item for inclusion in the scope, the explicitly selected item is added to the scope definition, and all descendants of the explicitly selected item are implicitly selected for inclusion. When a user explicitly selects an item for exclusion from the scope, the explicitly selected item is added to the scope definition as an exclusion from an explicitly included item, and all descendants of the explicitly selected item are implicitly selected for exclusion.

Computer input control for specifying scope with explicit exclusions

Implementing a consistent user name-space on networked computing devices includes various components and methods. When a network connection between a local or host computing device and one or more remote computing devices is present, remote items are represented using the same methodology as items located on the host computing device. To the user, remote and local items are indistinguishable. When the network connection is lost or items located on a remote computer are otherwise unavailable, the unavailable items remain represented on the host computing device. Unavailable items are represented in a way that informs the user that the items may not be fully accessed.

System and method for generating a consistent user name-space on networked devices

Programming interface for a computer platform

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Timothy P McKee