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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:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
May. 11, 2010
Richard H. Leukart, Seattle, WA (US);
Glenn L. Frankel, Seattle, WA (US);
Stephen D. Jensen, Monroe, WA (US);
Hernan Savastano, Seattle, WA (US);
Cheryl L. Williams, Redmond, WA (US);
Richard H. Leukart, Seattle, WA (US);
Glenn L. Frankel, Seattle, WA (US);
Stephen D. Jensen, Monroe, WA (US);
Hernan Savastano, Seattle, WA (US);
Cheryl L. Williams, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
An electronic 'To-Do' bar is provided in which displayed upcoming tasks, meetings, appointments and the like. The electronic To-Do bar is displayed in a lightweight menu of tasks, meetings and appointments and is displayed persistently in addition to other software functionality or user interfaces displayed on a user's computer display screen according to other software applications or other software functionality in use. A user is presented with an always-visible list of upcoming tasks, meetings and appointments without the need to launch a separate tasks application or calendar application to view upcoming tasks, meetings or appointments.