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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2007
Lili Cheng, Bellevue, WA (US);
Stacey Harris, Redmond, WA (US);
Andrzej Turski, Redmond, WA (US);
Matthew Maclaurin, Woodinville, WA (US);
Shane F Williams, Seattle, WA (US);
Lili Cheng, Bellevue, WA (US);
Stacey Harris, Redmond, WA (US);
Andrzej Turski, Redmond, WA (US);
Matthew Maclaurin, Woodinville, WA (US);
Shane F Williams, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A technique for adding a search control by a user to a file, webpage, desktop, or mobile device, for example. The control lets the end user create documents, webpages, or dashboards with static and/or dynamic content as easily as inserting pictures. The technique also facilitates the imbedding of control access to the search information via this control. When a document is created, the control allows for adding a search into the document, authoring the default view of the query (e.g., thumbnail, details, extended view, slideshow, timeline, etc.), setting the scope (e.g., local computer, website, company human resources database, etc.), and 'publishing' states (e.g., dynamically update, static-fixed, query run on local machine, etc). The technique also facilitates the adding of views such as via a user interface control for 'adding a search' and standard “search list view control.”