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Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2013

Filed:

Jun. 07, 2006
Applicants:

Robert S. Dietz, Bellevue, WA (US);

Douglas W. Herman, Sammamish, WA (US);

Inventors:

Robert S. Dietz, Bellevue, WA (US);

Douglas W. Herman, Sammamish, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/048 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A graphical user interface is disclosed for management and easy reorganization of graphical objects displayed over the graphical user interface. The graphical user interface may relate to prioritizing and organizing the results of a database search. The graphical user interface may alternatively relate to prioritizing and organizing graphic objects such as personalized topics on a homepage and formatting icons in a productivity application program, such as a word processing application program, a spreadsheet application program, a presentation application program and a drawing application program.


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