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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2023

Filed:

Jan. 25, 2022
Applicant:

Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);

Inventors:

Leonard Ndubisi Osahor, Chandler, AZ (US);

Julien André Michel Yerma, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Elias Kaplan, Redmond, WA (US);

Marie Charlotte-Amalie Mélanie Clemessy, Bellevue, WA (US);

Allie Jordan Shuldman, Seattle, WA (US);

Rikinkumar Ashwin Shah, Sammamish, WA (US);

Ross Edward Smith, IV, Bel Air, MD (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 40/174 (2020.01); G06F 40/30 (2020.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2022.01); G06F 3/04817 (2022.01); H04L 51/48 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 40/174 (2020.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 3/04817 (2013.01); G06F 40/30 (2020.01); H04L 51/48 (2022.05);
Abstract

When composing an electronic message having at least one intended recipient, a contact manager provides contact information for one or more related recipients. The contact manager may receive an identifier associated with the intended recipient(s), which may be used to lookup and identify contact information for related recipient(s). The contact manager may access a contact database, and, using the identifier and relationship information, determine a contact for the related recipient. The contact manager may then populate the contact information for the contact in a recipient field or other compose surface.


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