The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Oct. 26, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2004
David A. Matthews, Seattle, WA (US);
Kanwal Vedbrat, Seattle, WA (US);
Hillel N. Cooperman, Sammamish, WA (US);
Sterling M. Reasor, Bellevue, WA (US);
Charles Cummins, Seattle, WA (US);
J. Craig Hally, Sammamish, WA (US);
Mark R. Ligameri, Snohomish, WA (US);
Timothy P. Mckee, Seattle, WA (US);
Giampiero M. Sierra, Seattle, WA (US);
Timothy D. Noonan, Issaquah, WA (US);
Eric R. Flo, Sammamish, WA (US);
Charles W. Stabb, Seattle, WA (US);
David A. Matthews, Seattle, WA (US);
Kanwal VedBrat, Seattle, WA (US);
Hillel N. Cooperman, Sammamish, WA (US);
Sterling M. Reasor, Bellevue, WA (US);
Charles Cummins, Seattle, WA (US);
J. Craig Hally, Sammamish, WA (US);
Mark R. Ligameri, Snohomish, WA (US);
Timothy P. McKee, Seattle, WA (US);
Giampiero M. Sierra, Seattle, WA (US);
Timothy D. Noonan, Issaquah, WA (US);
Eric R. Flo, Sammamish, WA (US);
Charles W. Stabb, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
In an implementation of user interface start page, the start page includes a user-identifiable indicator associated with a user of a computing system to indicate that the user is logged-on to the computing system. The user interface start page also includes user-selectable controls from one or more regions of a user interface desktop page which is displayed after a transition from the user interface start page to the user interface desktop page. Each of the user-selectable controls on the user interface start page initiate a display of information associated with the user when selected.