Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Todd A Sahl

Jane T Kim

Tony Edward Schreiner

Venkatraman V Kudallur

Corey M Bloodstein

Xiaoying Huang

Navin Agarwal

Dave Risney

Wenming Ju

Thomas W Bolds

Sean O Lyndersay

Miladin Pavlicic

Michael J Ens

Clifton James Hebert

Alex Glover

Fredric W Pullen, Iii

Stefan F Smolen

Adrian Bogdan Guta

Joshua P H Tseng

Stefanie K McCallum

Benjamin J Bamesberger

Ning Zhong

Andrew M Lake

Emily K Andrews

Warren G Stevens

Randall Knight Winjum

Eric M Lawrence

Sarah J Bowers

Clint C Jorgenson

Ritika Virmani

Andrew E Olson

Susan Makarian

An integrated approach is provided to running web applications with various compatibilities that do not require third-party extensions or sacrifice user experience. When a page of an application incompatible with a first browser is to be executed, an instance of a second browser with which the page is compatible is separately invoked and/or executed without opening a window for that second browser. Instead, the second browser opens a page within the window of the first browser. Moreover, rendering and/or contextual information for a page opened via the second browser is provided to the first browser. Such information is utilized by the first browser to provide a visual experience to the user in which the web page is being hosted by the first browser, even though it is in fact being hosted by the second browser.

Systems and methods for hosting a browser within another browser

Web pages compatible with different web browsers are seamlessly rendered within the same tab of a single web browser window. A first browser is executed in a computing device, and has an open browser window. A request is received at the first browser to navigate to a first page. The first page is determined to be incompatible with the first browser and compatible with a second browser. Under control by the first browser, an instance of the second browser is invoked without a browser window opening for the instance of the second browser. An address of the first page is provided to the instance of the second browser. The instance of the second browser renders the first page within a tab in the open browser window of the first browser.

Page display by hosted browser within controlling browser

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

Various embodiments provide a model through which service providers can describe offered services using a standardized format. In one or more embodiments, the standardized format is declarative and enables service providers to describe their associated services in a standardized way. In at least some embodiments, the standardized format includes a set of common service properties that are shared across multiple different services. Additionally, service specific properties can be described in addition to the common service properties. In one or more embodiments, existing services can be extended by including, in the standardized format, a description of an extension. In one or more other embodiments, new services can be added for consumption by simply including a description of the new service using the standardized format.

Definition for service interface

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Todd A Sahl