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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2012
Sean O. Blagsvedt, Seattle, WA (US);
Ahsan S. Kabir, Seattle, WA (US);
Roman L. Deeds, Olympia, WA (US);
Peyman Oreizy, Kirkland, WA (US);
Cornelis K. Van Dok, Bellevue, WA (US);
Kevin M. Otnes, Bothell, WA (US);
Colin R. Anthony, Kirkland, WA (US);
Mark Schofield, Redmond, WA (US);
Christopher J. Araman, Seattle, WA (US);
Sean O. Blagsvedt, Seattle, WA (US);
Ahsan S. Kabir, Seattle, WA (US);
Roman L. Deeds, Olympia, WA (US);
Peyman Oreizy, Kirkland, WA (US);
Cornelis K. Van Dok, Bellevue, WA (US);
Kevin M. Otnes, Bothell, WA (US);
Colin R. Anthony, Kirkland, WA (US);
Mark Schofield, Redmond, WA (US);
Christopher J. Araman, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and computer program products for tracking real-time communication data within a single contact tracking application for diverse communication providers and applications. A global data store is synchronized with real-time communication data, such as presence, status, unread messages, and unread notifications, from each application/provider. Real-time communication data for contacts dynamically determined to be recent contacts is retrieved from the data store, based on properties such as a most recent communication time, a communication count, and the like. Real-time communication data corresponding to contacts identified as pinned contacts for which display of real-time communication data is preferred, also may be retrieved. A user interface is generated for displaying the one or more recent and/or pinned contacts, which may vary in size based on the number of contacts identified as pinned contacts, from which a contact may be selected for real-time conversation or e-mail.