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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2005
Steven J. Kruy, Carnation, WA (US);
Christopher G. Kaler, Redmond, WA (US);
Kenneth D. Hardy, Redmond, WA (US);
Jomo Ahab Fisher, Redmond, WA (US);
Steven J. Kruy, Carnation, WA (US);
Christopher G. Kaler, Redmond, WA (US);
Kenneth D. Hardy, Redmond, WA (US);
Jomo Ahab Fisher, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
An adaptively configurable user interface to facilitate a common user experience across two or more databases and an extensible common query structure to allow expansion of a query language to meet the demands of new file types. An exemplary embodiment includes a discovery mechanism for determining query properties of search providers, thereby facilitating adaptive configuring of a user interface to expose the determined query properties. An exemplary embodiment of the user interface includes a portion which remains relatively constant across two or more search providers to reduce user disorientation.