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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2003
Timothy P. Mckee, Seattle, WA (US);
David George DE Vorchik, Seattle, WA (US);
David Joel Sheldon, Seattle, WA (US);
Chris J. Guzak, Kirkland, WA (US);
Jason Fergus Moore, Redmond, WA (US);
Kerem B. Karatal, Bellevue, WA (US);
Giampiero Sierra, Seattle, WA (US);
Leonard J. Peterson, Woodinville, WA (US);
Timothy P. McKee, Seattle, WA (US);
David George De Vorchik, Seattle, WA (US);
David Joel Sheldon, Seattle, WA (US);
Chris J. Guzak, Kirkland, WA (US);
Jason Fergus Moore, Redmond, WA (US);
Kerem B. Karatal, Bellevue, WA (US);
Giampiero Sierra, Seattle, WA (US);
Leonard J. Peterson, Woodinville, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for presenting related items to a user. A universal data store is provided which contains a plurality of items. A portion of the items contain relational information that allows relationships between two or more of the plurality of items to be determined. A shell presents a selected item to a user and is configured to utilize the relational information to present one or more items in the data store which are related to the selected item.