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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2016
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Stéphane Morichère-Matte, Vancouver, CA;
Michael Anthony Navarro, Bellevue, WA (US);
Om Krishna, Redmond, WA (US);
Michael Andrew Griscom, Seattle, WA (US);
Vidyaraman Sankaranarayanan, Bellevue, WA (US);
Roopesh Kumar Rajamani, Sammamish, WA (US);
Darron J. Stepanich, Seattle, WA (US);
Peter John Daoud, Westmount, CA;
Alvin Ji-Fung Lao, Vancouver, CA;
Gregory Iannacone, Burnaby, CA;
Ronald Nikolai Bartlett Savas, Vancouver, CA;
Grace Lam, Vancouver, CA;
Sumanth Pasupuleti, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Systems, methods, and software are disclosed herein for enhancing group collaboration in the context of productivity applications. In an implementation, a productivity application includes a user interface in which a document may be presented. In addition, a view of a groups feature provided by a social network service may be presented in the user interface to the productivity application. The view may include various options or interacting with the groups feature, such as the ability to create a new group, the ability to post comments to a group in the social network service, and the ability to upload documents to a group.