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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2008
Filed:
May. 27, 2005
Aaron T. Burcham, Bellevue, WA (US);
Paul S. Harrington, Seattle, WA (US);
C. Douglas Hodges, Sammamish, WA (US);
Rahul S. Kumar, Kirkland, WA (US);
James Kal Yu Lau, Redmond, WA (US);
Timothy Rand Sullivan, Seattle, WA (US);
Jason J. Weber, Kirkland, WA (US);
Aaron T. Burcham, Bellevue, WA (US);
Paul S. Harrington, Seattle, WA (US);
C. Douglas Hodges, Sammamish, WA (US);
Rahul S. Kumar, Kirkland, WA (US);
James Kal Yu Lau, Redmond, WA (US);
Timothy Rand Sullivan, Seattle, WA (US);
Jason J. Weber, Kirkland, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for applying both profile and user customizations to an application user interface are provided. Profile customizations, created for a specialized use or field, are adapted to an application user interface, which has command-menu-toolbar contributions from various add-in modules. The user has access to the customizations through a user interface. Then, as a user is customizing the application, through commands, toolbars, and menus, the user customizations are tagged. A priority and group is assigned to each customization to allow for relative positioning of each customization. The difference between the user's final desired state and a reset state is computed. This difference computation is used to track the changes made to the application and to assist in resets of the customizations.