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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2004
Sharad Mathur, Redmond, WA (US);
Gregory Hullender, Kirkland, WA (US);
Mark Miller, Kirkland, WA (US);
Bruce Johnson, Woodinville, WA (US);
Michael Ginsberg, Redmond, WA (US);
Sharad Mathur, Redmond, WA (US);
Gregory Hullender, Kirkland, WA (US);
Mark Miller, Kirkland, WA (US);
Bruce Johnson, Woodinville, WA (US);
Michael Ginsberg, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A number of program modules may be stored on the hard disk, magnetic disk, optical disk, ROM, or RAM, including an operating system, one or more application programs, other program modules, and program data. The hard disk, magnetic disk, optical disk, ROM, RAM, and the like can be termed computer readable-storage media. A user may enter commands and information into the personal computerthrough input devices such as a keyboardand pointing device. Other input devices (not shown) may include a microphone, joystick, game pad, satellite dish, scanner, touch sensitive pad, or the like. These and other input devices are often connected to the processing unitthrough a serial port interfacethat is coupled to the system bus, but may be connected by other interfaces, such as a parallel port, game port, or a universal serial bus (USB). In addition, input to the system may be provided by a microphone to receive audio input.