Quick drafts of items in a primary work queue

US10013664B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

• Teresa Thomas · Bellevue, US
• Matthias Baer · Hohenstein-Ernstthal, DE
• Hiroshi Tsukahara · Tokorozawa, JP
• Marcos David Marin Amador · Redmond, US
• Tony Liang · Seattle, US
• Benjamin F. Carter · Redmond, US
• Matthew Wood · Sammamish, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 6, 2017
• Grant date: Jul 3, 2018
• Expiry date: Jan 6, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F3/167
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Techniques disclosed herein facilitate the use of the primary work queue within an information management application as a centralized access point for creating and viewing multiple types of new draft items such as a note, to-do, or message item. An information management application can receive a new item request through its user interface and initiate a new draft item in response to the new item request. A view of new draft item can then be surfaced in a primary work queue of the information management application. The item type of the new draft item may be different than other item types in the primary work queue.