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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2004
Brian S. Aust, Redmond, WA (US);
David G. DE Vorchik, Seattle, WA (US);
Yun Lin, Kirkland, WA (US);
Timothy P. Mckee, Seattle, WA (US);
Jason F. Moore, Redmond, WA (US);
Shishir Pardikar, Redmond, WA (US);
Mohammed Samji, Bellevue, WA (US);
David C. Steere, Bellevue, WA (US);
Navjot Virk, Bellevue, WA (US);
Brian S. Aust, Redmond, WA (US);
David G. De Vorchik, Seattle, WA (US);
Yun Lin, Kirkland, WA (US);
Timothy P. McKee, Seattle, WA (US);
Jason F. Moore, Redmond, WA (US);
Shishir Pardikar, Redmond, WA (US);
Mohammed Samji, Bellevue, WA (US);
David C. Steere, Bellevue, WA (US);
Navjot Virk, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for implementing a consistent user name-space on networked computing devices is provided. When a network connection between a local or host computing device and one or more remote computing devices is present, remote items are represented using the same methodology as items located on the host computing device. To the user, remote and local items are indistinguishable. When the network connection is lost or items located on a remote computer are otherwise unavailable, the unavailable items remain represented on the host computing device. Unavailable items are represented in a way that informs the user that the items may not be fully accessed.