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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2007
Gary W. Flake, Bellevue, WA (US);
Lili Cheng, Bellevue, WA (US);
Michael Connolly, Seattle, WA (US);
Alexander G. Gounares, Kirkland, WA (US);
Jeffrey R. Hemmen, Renton, WA (US);
Eric J. Horvitz, Kirkland, WA (US);
Kamal Jain, Bellevue, WA (US);
Leonard Smith, Jr., Seattle, WA (US);
Gary W. Flake, Bellevue, WA (US);
Lili Cheng, Bellevue, WA (US);
Michael Connolly, Seattle, WA (US);
Alexander G. Gounares, Kirkland, WA (US);
Jeffrey R. Hemmen, Renton, WA (US);
Eric J. Horvitz, Kirkland, WA (US);
Kamal Jain, Bellevue, WA (US);
Leonard Smith, Jr., Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
The claimed subject matter relates to an architecture or extension to an operating system (or component thereof) that can facilitate extensible themes for or advertising integration with a desktop that is managed by the operating system. In particular, the architecture can acquire advertisement content such as ads or advertiser skins, select suitable content for display, and configure the operating system to display the selected content. The architecture also provides mechanisms for identifying suitable locations as well as appropriate time for displaying the content.