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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2012
Colin R. Anthony, Bothell, WA (US);
Richard M. Banks, Egham, SY;
Marieke I. Watson, Seattle, WA (US);
Cornelis K. Van Dok, Bellevue, WA (US);
Colin R. Anthony, Bothell, WA (US);
Richard M. Banks, Egham, SY;
Marieke I. Watson, Seattle, WA (US);
Cornelis K. Van Dok, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A system and related techniques accept user-inputted search terms, for example to perform a search for files or other data or objects. Corresponding matches to those terms may be presented to the user in a 'word-wheel'-type breakout list generated on the fly for groupings of hits by attributes or other criteria, as the system searches through the file system at the current level or point in the file system hierarchy. Search results may be continuously or dynamically updated as the user, for example, enters more characters or other data.