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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2021
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Alexander Leo Campbell, Seattle, WA (US);
Shengbo Xue, Kirkland, WA (US);
Dena Natalie Saunders, Sammamish, WA (US);
Robert David Frye, Seattle, WA (US);
Julian Manuel Varanda, Seattle, WA (US);
Bradford Glenn Singley, Renton, WA (US);
Camille Dominique Basilio, Kirkland, WA (US);
Hanna McLaughlin, Seattle, WA (US);
Dorothy Feng, Seattle, WA (US);
Arthur Chen, Bellevue, WA (US);
Guillermo Enrique Rueda, Seattle, WA (US);
Chani Ayn Doggett, Issaquah, WA (US);
Nassim Amar, Bothell, WA (US);
Bojun Ma, Issaquah, WA (US);
Houman Motevaselolhagh, Seattle, WA (US);
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Systems, methods and devices for surfacing web content in an operating system shell construct are provided. A taskbar web content element size may be selected based on an amount of free space in a taskbar. First and second scored web content may be received, wherein the web content is scored based at least on the web content's relevance score to a first user account. A taskbar web content topical display category corresponding to the first web content may be selected based on the first web content having a higher score than the second web content. A web content element of the selected size and topical display category may be caused to be surfaced in the taskbar. A selection of the surfaced web content element may be received and a subset of the first web content form the first source may be caused to be surfaced in a web content pane.