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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2004
Robert F. Day, Bellevue, WA (US);
Sarah E. Schrock, Bellevue, WA (US);
Timothy P. Mckee, Seattle, WA (US);
Isaac A. Sheldon, Seattle, WA (US);
Robert F. Day, Bellevue, WA (US);
Sarah E. Schrock, Bellevue, WA (US);
Timothy P. McKee, Seattle, WA (US);
Isaac A. Sheldon, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A system, method, and computer-accessible medium for protecting user choice settings are provided. The system and method provide an application programming interface that uses a security subsystem to unlock, write, and relock the user choice settings to insure that the user's choices are enforced and respected by the applications that attempt to change them in a manner that is verifiable and transparent to the user. The user is notified whenever a change to their user choice settings is made.