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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.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2011

Filed:

Jul. 12, 2005
Applicants:

Jane T Kim, Seattle, WA (US);

Amar S. Gandhi, Redmond, WA (US);

Walter V. Von Koch, Seattle, WA (US);

Sean O. Lyndersay, Seattle, WA (US);

Edward J. Praitis, Woodinville, WA (US);

William Gould, Seattle, WA (US);

David M. Ruzyski, Kirkland, WA (US);

Inventors:

Jane T Kim, Seattle, WA (US);

Amar S. Gandhi, Redmond, WA (US);

Walter V. von Koch, Seattle, WA (US);

Sean O. Lyndersay, Seattle, WA (US);

Edward J. Praitis, Woodinville, WA (US);

William Gould, Seattle, WA (US);

David M. Ruzyski, Kirkland, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

System(s) and/or method(s) ('tools') are described that present content in a user interface tailored to trait(s) of the content. The tools can analyze content to determine its traits, classify the content based on its traits, and present the content in a user interface tailored to the classification. The tools can also organize content items into groups based on a common trait and enable a user to select content items through their group. Responsive to the user's selection of a group, the tools can present content, render enclosures, and alter traits of the content items in the group.


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