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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2010
Graeme Andrew Kyle Roche, Seattle, WA (US);
Allison O'mahony, Bellevue, WA (US);
Rachel Karin Popkin, Seattle, WA (US);
Francisco Jose Garcia-ascanio, Bellevue, WA (US);
Graeme Andrew Kyle Roche, Seattle, WA (US);
Allison O'Mahony, Bellevue, WA (US);
Rachel Karin Popkin, Seattle, WA (US);
Francisco Jose Garcia-Ascanio, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A user may operate many devices, each of which may provide a set of actions, such as installing firmware or software or viewing the contents of the device. However, in order to perform these actions, the user may have to interact with each device using a different user interface, resulting in an inconsistent user experience. Instead, a device action service may allow a user to identify his or her devices, may identify the actions available for each device (e.g., by interacting with a device source of each device, such as a manufacturer); and upon the request of the user, may present a list of the user's devices and the actions available for each device. The actions may comprise hyperlinks to various portions of the website of the device source (e.g., a driver page and a service registration page), or controls invoking the requested action upon the device.