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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2023
Applicant:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Kyle Matthew Miller, Lynnwood, WA (US);
Hariharan Ragunathan, Woodinville, WA (US);
Tai Xin, Bellevue, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/957 (2019.01); G06F 3/0481 (2022.01); G06F 16/958 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/9577 (2019.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 16/958 (2019.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods that implement a framework for providing a detachable browser interface (sidebar) for context-aware web services. The present framework allows for a user to detach the detachable sidebar from a web browser window and dock the sidebar to a desktop of an operating system. As a result, the context-aware web services of the sidebar can be used in conjunction with the web browser application and with other applications (e.g., browser or non-browser applications).