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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2006
David Jones, Seattle, WA (US);
Srinivas Raghu Gatta, Redmond, WA (US);
Marieke I. Watson, Redmond, WA (US);
Aaron W. Cunningham, Redmond, WA (US);
Rahul Chandran, Bellevue, WA (US);
Savas Guven, Redmond, WA (US);
David Jones, Seattle, WA (US);
Srinivas Raghu Gatta, Redmond, WA (US);
Marieke I. Watson, Redmond, WA (US);
Aaron W. Cunningham, Redmond, WA (US);
Rahul Chandran, Bellevue, WA (US);
Savas Guven, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Described is a technology by which network connections are unified into a single user interface for user interaction with those networks. Upon receiving information identifying available networks that correspond to different types of media, a user interface component aggregates the available network connections and displays representations of the available network connections on the user interface. The result is a single user interface page on which the available networks are represented as available network connections that may correspond to destinations, for example by displaying a network name and/or a user-friendly name maintained in a network profile. Also displayable is connectivity status, security-related information, signal strength information for wireless network connections, and other information. The user may choose to show all available network connections, or only subset of the available network connections (e.g., only wireless, or only dial-up and VPN).