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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2016
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Divya Jindal, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ian Alexander Lindsay, San Francisco, CA (US);
Johan Rindegard, Cupertino, CA (US);
Sara Harrington, Atherton, CA (US);
Sarah E. Clatterbuck, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sean Sands, Mountain View, CA (US);
Shernaz R. Pavri, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Steven Foote, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Timothy Lindvall, II, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Erika Rottenberg, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems of managing settings are described. According to various embodiments, a settings page corresponding to a user's settings on an online service may be caused to be displayed on a device. The settings page may comprise selectable category setting options for a setting category. The setting category may have a plurality of subcategories, and each subcategory may have its own selectable subcategory setting options. Each one of the category setting options may correspond to its own distinct configuration of subcategory setting options for its subcategories. A user input indicating a selection of one of the category setting options for the setting category may be received. The configuration of subcategory setting options corresponding to the selected one of the category setting options for the setting category may be applied to the user's settings on the online service.