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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2003
Jensen M. Harris, Kirkland, WA (US);
Richard Hank Leukart, Seattle, WA (US);
Jiaxin (Jesse) Wang, Redmond, WA (US);
Jesse Clay Satterfield, Seattle, WA (US);
Julia Cai, Issaquah, WA (US);
Jason V. Morse, Bellevue, WA (US);
Jensen M. Harris, Kirkland, WA (US);
Richard Hank Leukart, Seattle, WA (US);
Jiaxin (Jesse) Wang, Redmond, WA (US);
Jesse Clay Satterfield, Seattle, WA (US);
Julia Cai, Issaquah, WA (US);
Jason V. Morse, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
Providing persisting search folders within a computer that continuously identify data items having metadata matching a query of search criteria. A query of search criteria formulated via a graphical user interface is applied to a search filter to create a search folder. When the search folder is made live, the search filter is used to search one or more data stores for data items having metadata matching the query of search criteria. Upon finding these data items, the search folder is populated with a link to each data item having metadata matching the query of search criteria. The search folder detects when any new data items are added to a data store and when a change occurs to any metadata of data items previously stored in a data store. Upon detection, the search folders store links to matching new or changed data items.