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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2006
Paul Stubbs, Redmond, WA (US);
Eric S. Schnepp, Woodinville, WA (US);
Peter J. Torr, Redmond, WA (US);
John A. Shepard, Seattle, WA (US);
Paul Stubbs, Redmond, WA (US);
Eric S. Schnepp, Woodinville, WA (US);
Peter J. Torr, Redmond, WA (US);
John A. Shepard, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A facility is provided for controlling application features. In various embodiments, the facility assembles an indication of features, starts a controlled application, and provides the assembled indication of features to the controlled application so that the controlled application can disable a feature of the controlled application. The facility can include a controlling application that is adapted for assembling a set of tokens that identify features by adding or removing tokens when a user of the controlling application selects a command associated with the controlling application, and a controlled application that, when invoked by the controlling application and provided the assembled set of tokens, controls a feature of the controlled application based on the assembled set of tokens.