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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2009
John Michael Thornton, Kirkland, WA (US);
Alexander S. Brodie, Redmond, WA (US);
Bryan P. Ferguson, Redmond, WA (US);
Ananda Narayanan Pulamanthole Pisharathu, Redmond, WA (US);
Samuel James Pinson, Sultan, WA (US);
Shanjeef Satchithanantham, Mercer Island, WA (US);
John Michael Thornton, Kirkland, WA (US);
Alexander S. Brodie, Redmond, WA (US);
Bryan P. Ferguson, Redmond, WA (US);
Ananda Narayanan Pulamanthole Pisharathu, Redmond, WA (US);
Samuel James Pinson, Sultan, WA (US);
Shanjeef Satchithanantham, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method disclosed herein includes the acts of receiving a document that has a people tag assigned thereto, wherein the people tag comprises first data that is indicative of an identity of a first individual that corresponds to the document, and wherein the people tag is assigned to the document by an assignor, and accessing contact data pertaining to a second individual, wherein the contact data comprises second data that is indicative of identities of contacts of the second individual, wherein the second data comprises data that is indicative of the identity of the first individual. The method also includes comparing the contact data with the first data, and displaying the document on a computer screen in conjunction with text that identifies the first individual to the third individual, wherein the text indicates a name of the first individual as assigned to the first individual by the second individual.