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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:
Apr. 06, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2005
Paul A. Gusmorino, Seattle, WA (US);
Charles Cummins, Seattle, WA (US);
David G. DE Vorchik, Seattle, WA (US);
Richard M. Banks, Egham, GB;
Relja B. Ivanovic, Redmond, WA (US);
Jenny T. Lam, Seattle, WA (US);
Jason F. Moore, Redmond, WA (US);
Paul A. Gusmorino, Seattle, WA (US);
Charles Cummins, Seattle, WA (US);
David G. De Vorchik, Seattle, WA (US);
Richard M. Banks, Egham, GB;
Relja B. Ivanovic, Redmond, WA (US);
Jenny T. Lam, Seattle, WA (US);
Jason F. Moore, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
The features described herein are directed to a method and system for use in a computing environment for representing files stored in stacks by using a stack icon. The stack icon may include multiple thumbnail images as top elements, and may use common characteristics among the files to define the appearance of the stack. The system may also use metadata or file characteristics (e.g., time of last edit, size, etc.) to identify one file for top representation in the stack icon. The system may additionally include an empty stack icon, a generic stack icon, property based icons, and custom thumbnail icons.