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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2005
Eric S. Danas, Sammamish, WA (US);
Ian Tien, Seattle, WA (US);
Corey Hulen, Sammamish, WA (US);
R. Alan Blood, Duvall, WA (US);
Chen-i Lim, Bellevue, WA (US);
Eric S. Danas, Sammamish, WA (US);
Ian Tien, Seattle, WA (US);
Corey Hulen, Sammamish, WA (US);
R. Alan Blood, Duvall, WA (US);
Chen-I Lim, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A constrained user interface for selecting and creating categories (e.g., folders, properties) is provided in such a way as to prevent the creation of empty categories, or categories which are not associated with any underlying object or file. The user interface selectively enables and disables a remove category button, and also selectively enables and disables existing categories for selection.