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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2019
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Aaron Hartwell, Duvall, WA (US);
Mike Pell, Woodinville, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A search and find user interface is provided that is integrated with a data indexing engine to allow efficient and high-speed data search and retrieval across data storage folders associated with a given software module or associated with a number of disparate software modules. An expanded form of the search and find user interface is provided for advanced searching. Where searching is required beyond a present search scope, an automatic 'upscoping' mechanism is provided for expanding a search to data storage folders outside a current data storage folder on which an initial search is executed.