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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2007
Margaret LI, Bellevue, WA (US);
Srikanth Shoroff, Sammamish, WA (US);
Paramesh Siddesha, Bellevue, WA (US);
Maxim A. Ivanov, Redmond, WA (US);
Margaret Li, Bellevue, WA (US);
Srikanth Shoroff, Sammamish, WA (US);
Paramesh Siddesha, Bellevue, WA (US);
Maxim A. Ivanov, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method is provided for allocating resources for users of a service based on whether a user has expressed intent to fully utilize capabilities of the service. If the intent is expressed by a user, an infrastructure is created that enables the user to maintain, via a user interface, artifacts associated with an account of the user on the service. A user that has not yet expressed such intent is presented with a prospective user interface simulating the user interface without enabling the prospective user to maintain the artifacts associated with an account of the prospective user.