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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:
Jan. 27, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2013
Applicant:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Brendan C. Fields, Woodinville, WA (US);
Diana J. Schwend, Seattle, WA (US);
Jorge Pereira, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/048 (2013.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); G06Q 10/10 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 51/36 (2013.01); G06Q 10/107 (2013.01); G06F 3/048 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various technologies and techniques are disclosed that improve the workflow process for resolving data elements, such as email addresses. These technologies and techniques allow the user to perform such tasks in the same context as the activity or message. In addition, user can start and stop the resolution process at any point in the process of composing the activity or email. The activity cannot be finalized, such as an email message being sent, until all of the data elements are resolved.