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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2017
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Alex William Darrow, Seattle, WA (US);
Darren Alexander Apfel, Redmond, WA (US);
Rebecca Jean Lawler, Seattle, WA (US);
Philip Z. Loh, Seattle, WA (US);
Jason Andrew Cook, Newcastle, WA (US);
Joseph Patrick Masterson, Issaquah, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Access to attachments of electronic messages and information associated with the electronic messages to applications external to a messaging application is provided. A message including an attachment is received via a messaging application, and a relationship connecting the message to the attachment is stored in a graph database. When a request is made to display a file list, an API is used to interact with the graph database. Attachments that meet a criterion associated with the file list and associated metadata are included in the list. Responsive to a selection to open an attachment, a productivity application communicates with the messaging application to retrieve the attachment and associated messages, and displays the attachment in a content display region and associated messages and messaging application functionalities in a communications pane in a single productivity application user interface.