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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2018

Filed:

Jul. 03, 2014
Applicant:

Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);

Inventors:

Scott D. Hoogerwerf, Seattle, WA (US);

David C. Fields, Kirkland, WA (US);

Michael J. Gilmore, Bothell, WA (US);

Rolf A. Ebeling, Kirkland, WA (US);

Steven J. Ball, Redmond, WA (US);

Manav Mishra, Kirkland, WA (US);

Tyler K. Beam, Redmond, WA (US);

Robert H. Liao, Bellevue, WA (US);

Benjamin J. Karas, Seattle, WA (US);

Matthew P. Duignan, Seattle, WA (US);

Jensen Harris, Bellevue, WA (US);

Richard Jacob White, Seattle, WA (US);

Lyon Wong, Issaquah, WA (US);

Dennis L. Davis, Bothell, WA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01); G06F 17/18 (2006.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 9/451 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30091 (2013.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06F 9/451 (2018.02); G06F 12/0292 (2013.01); G06F 17/18 (2013.01); G06F 17/30067 (2013.01); G06F 17/30115 (2013.01); G06F 17/30126 (2013.01);
Abstract

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.


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