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Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2014

Filed:

Jun. 23, 2008
Applicants:

Oludare Victor Obasanjo, Renton, WA (US);

Paul Richard Chen Ming, Bothell, WA (US);

Deepa Chandramouli, Sammamish, WA (US);

Jiahe Liu, Bellevue, WA (US);

Austin Longino, Seattle, WA (US);

Robert M. Dolin, Seattle, WA (US);

Inventors:

Oludare Victor Obasanjo, Renton, WA (US);

Paul Richard Chen Ming, Bothell, WA (US);

Deepa Chandramouli, Sammamish, WA (US);

Jiahe Liu, Bellevue, WA (US);

Austin Longino, Seattle, WA (US);

Robert M. Dolin, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method of providing updates from a social network to a desktop application is provided. An update is created in an application and if the application has permission, it creates an entry in a recent activity queue. The queue is then subject to analysis to reduce the number of entries in the queue. Subscribers that have permission to receive updates from the publisher and the publishing application then receive updates from the publisher.


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