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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2002
Joel K. Grossman, Seattle, WA (US);
Cornelis K. Van Dok, Bellevue, WA (US);
Jonathan D. Perlow, Seattle, WA (US);
Vivien Park, Seattle, WA (US);
Sean O. Blagsvedt, Seattle, WA (US);
Gilad Israeli, Thornhill, CA;
Michelle D. Mckelvey, Seattle, WA (US);
Joel K. Grossman, Seattle, WA (US);
Cornelis K. van Dok, Bellevue, WA (US);
Jonathan D. Perlow, Seattle, WA (US);
Vivien Park, Seattle, WA (US);
Sean O. Blagsvedt, Seattle, WA (US);
Gilad Israeli, Thornhill, CA;
Michelle D. McKelvey, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
An interface for enabling a user to quickly access contact information and contact-centric tasks is displayed when an appropriate request for a contact card associated with a contact is received. The contact card displays contact information corresponding with the contact as well as contact-centric tasks that may be engaged in between the client computing system and the computing system of the contact. The list of contact-centric tasks is organized according to predetermined criteria, such as whether the contact-centric task is associated with an application that has provided contact information to the client computing system and whether the contact is a member of a group utilizing a contact-centric task. The contact card may also include an object comprising a type-in line for launching communication with the contact.