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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2005
Andrew J. Fuller, Redmond, WA (US);
Issa Y. Khoury, Redmond, WA (US);
Allen Marshall, Woodinville, WA (US);
Vikram Madan, Bellevue, WA (US);
Sterling M. Reasor, Bellevue, WA (US);
Ravipal S. Soin, Sammamish, WA (US);
Tse-ching James Yu, Woodinville, WA (US);
Andrew J. Fuller, Redmond, WA (US);
Issa Y. Khoury, Redmond, WA (US);
Allen Marshall, Woodinville, WA (US);
Vikram Madan, Bellevue, WA (US);
Sterling M. Reasor, Bellevue, WA (US);
Ravipal S. Soin, Sammamish, WA (US);
Tse-Ching James Yu, Woodinville, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
In response to a user instruction to initiate media playback, which instruction may come from a dedicated media playback hardware button or from a user interface on a display screen, a computer operating system activates a predesignated media playback user account. The account may be limited to access of media playback applications and files located within shared directories. The operating system also launches a media playback application in response to the user instruction to initiate media playback. Instead of activating an account in response to a media playback instruction, the operating system can execute a media player application within a login screen.