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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2012
J. Craig Hally, Sammamish, WA (US);
Kenneth A. Koch, North Bend, WA (US);
Mark R. Ligameri, Everett, WA (US);
Jason R. Moore, Kirkland, WA (US);
Shaun A. Kaasten, Kirkland, WA (US);
Richard M. Banks, Kirkland, WA (US);
Michael Sheldon, Seattle, WA (US);
David G. DE Vorchik, Seattle, WA (US);
Zeke B. Odins-lucas, Seattle, WA (US);
Patrice L. Miner, Kirkland, WA (US);
J. Craig Hally, Sammamish, WA (US);
Kenneth A. Koch, North Bend, WA (US);
Mark R. Ligameri, Everett, WA (US);
Jason R. Moore, Kirkland, WA (US);
Shaun A. Kaasten, Kirkland, WA (US);
Richard M. Banks, Kirkland, WA (US);
Michael Sheldon, Seattle, WA (US);
David G. De Vorchik, Seattle, WA (US);
Zeke B. Odins-Lucas, Seattle, WA (US);
Patrice L. Miner, Kirkland, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A virtual address bar user interface control is presented. The virtual address bar comprises one or more interactive address segments and one or more conventional address segments. Each interactive address segment corresponds to a predefined filter comprising selection criteria applied to content stored on a storage device. Selection of the one or more interactive address segments navigates a user to content satisfying the predefined filters of the one or more selected interactive address segments. Each conventional address segment references content at the content's particular location on the storage device. Selection of the one or more conventional address segments navigates the user to content at the content's particular location.