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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2011
Terry Farrell, Dublin, IE;
David Åhs, Dublin, IE;
Maurizio Cibelli, Dublin, IE;
David Mowatt, Dalkey, IE;
Terry Farrell, Dublin, IE;
David Åhs, Dublin, IE;
Maurizio Cibelli, Dublin, IE;
David Mowatt, Dalkey, IE;
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Concepts and technologies are described herein for user interface placeholders for application extensions. In accordance with the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, user interface placeholders are inserted into user interfaces to represent extensions that have been activated or inserted into an application program or file. The placeholders describe the extension, provide instructions for activating the extension via an entitlement process, display visual indicia associated with the extensions, and/or provide functionality that is executed by a device in response to detecting interactions with the placeholders. After completing the entitlement process, the application program, file, placeholder, or extension can be updated manually or by an application callback to reflect the user's entitlement to use the extension.