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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2008
Fabio Pettinati, Redmond, WA (US);
John-anthony Owens, Seattle, WA (US);
Jonathan D. Perlow, Seattle, WA (US);
Cornelis K. Van Dok, Bellevue, WA (US);
Denise L. Chen, Bellevue, WA (US);
Marc A. Silbey, Seattle, WA (US);
Fabio Pettinati, Redmond, WA (US);
John-Anthony Owens, Seattle, WA (US);
Jonathan D. Perlow, Seattle, WA (US);
Cornelis K. van Dok, Bellevue, WA (US);
Denise L. Chen, Bellevue, WA (US);
Marc A. Silbey, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
An interface for enabling a user to quickly access contact information automatically displays a list of expected contacts that are most likely to be selected by the user when attention is directed to an appropriate object requiring contact information. When a contact is selected, the corresponding and appropriate contact information is automatically entered. If a user does not select a listed contact, but instead begins manually typing in the contact information then the interface performs a search and displays a list of unexpected contacts having contact information matching the typed input from the user. Various criteria can be used to identify which contacts will be presented to the user and how they will be presented.