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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:
Jan. 07, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2010
Hyder Ali, Cupertino, CA (US);
Dane Alexander Glasgow, Los Gatos, CA (US);
David Anton Walters, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
David Dawson, Seattle, WA (US);
Marek Gorecki, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Neel I. Murarka, Cupertino, CA (US);
Hyder Ali, Cupertino, CA (US);
Dane Alexander Glasgow, Los Gatos, CA (US);
David Anton Walters, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
David Dawson, Seattle, WA (US);
Marek Gorecki, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Neel I. Murarka, Cupertino, CA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Application launching on a computer via indexed data. Based on a search term entered by a user, the computer searches an index containing metadata representative of one or more applications installed on the computer. A user interface on the computer's display has a window for displaying the results of searching the index. In addition, the user interface receives user input to select an application from the search results to be initiated. The computer is responsive to the user input via the user interface for initiating the selected application installed on the computer. A computer-readable medium including a persistent component, an index component, a query component, and an execution component embodies further aspects of the invention.