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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2005
Neel I. Murarka, Cupertino, CA (US);
Dane A. Glasgow, Los Gatos, CA (US);
David Dawson, Seattle, WA (US);
Elizabeth I. Yang, Redmond, WA (US);
Hyder Ali, Cupertino, CA (US);
Marek L. Gorecki, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Neel I. Murarka, Cupertino, CA (US);
Dane A. Glasgow, Los Gatos, CA (US);
David Dawson, Seattle, WA (US);
Elizabeth I. Yang, Redmond, WA (US);
Hyder Ali, Cupertino, CA (US);
Marek L. Gorecki, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method and system for customizing a search of a data source linked to a computer in response to a search request from a user. A search tool application (STA) is executed on a client computer in response to the search request received from the user. The STA determines the context of a software application active when the STA is executed. The STA determines a scope of data to search based on the determined context. A user-interface is responsive to a search term received from a user to initiates a search the determined scope of data for content that matches the received search term. The results of the search are displayed in the UI.