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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2014
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Joseph Masterson, Maple Valley, WA (US);
Jeremy de Souza, Bellevue, WA (US);
Jin Ma, Redmond, WA (US);
Elena Catrinescu, Woodinville, WA (US);
Nathan Waddoups, Redmond, WA (US);
Kenneth Fern, Bellevue, WA (US);
David Paul Limont, Seattle, WA (US);
David Lloyd Meyers, Jr., Seattle, WA (US);
Michael B. Palmer, Edmonds, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Inline document collaboration workflows are provided. When a user receives an electronic communication that includes an attached content item, the receiving user may select the attached content item and cause the attached content item to be displayed in an immersive view in proximity to an electronic communication pane in which an electronic communication may be conducted about any topic including the content item that is displayed in proximity to the electronic communication pane. During editing of a content item, an electronic communication may be generated from a user interface in which the content item is being generated, or alternatively a new content item may be generated out of an electronic communications user interface.