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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2008
David Dawson, Seattle, WA (US);
Paul Alexander Gusmorino, Iii, Seattle, WA (US);
Chris J. Guzak, Kirkland, WA (US);
Kenneth M. Tubbs, Issaquah, WA (US);
Tyler K. Beam, Redmond, WA (US);
Lyon K. F. Wong, Issaquah, WA (US);
David Dawson, Seattle, WA (US);
Paul Alexander Gusmorino, III, Seattle, WA (US);
Chris J. Guzak, Kirkland, WA (US);
Kenneth M. Tubbs, Issaquah, WA (US);
Tyler K. Beam, Redmond, WA (US);
Lyon K. F. Wong, Issaquah, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Methods, and computer-readable media for presenting search results in a folder hierarchy are provided. Embodiments of the present invention include providing a navigation portion in which data sources to be searched are selected, and an input portion into which search criteria may be submitted. Items within the selected data sources that match the search criteria are identified and presented as a folder hierarchy. The folder hierarchy may only include items that satisfy the search criteria, but otherwise is consistent with the native folder hierarchy in which the items normally reside. In one embodiment, the initial presentation of the search results includes only top-level folders that contain, at some level, items that satisfy the search criteria. The items can be located by drilling down from the top-level folders.