Contact creation and utilization

US10482132B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

• Rolf A. Ebeling · Kirkland, US
• Alan Urdan · Seattle, US
• Annice Jumani · Mercer Island, US
• YuBeen Lee · Bellevue, US
• Shikha Devesh Desai · Minneapolis, US
• Paul Scudieri · Seattle, US
• Stephanie Cooper · Seattle, US
• Taili Feng · Bellevue, US
• Yu Mao · Seattle, US
• Allison Whilden · Kirkland, US
• Ruth Kikin-Gil · Redmond, US
• Alicia Drummond · Seattle, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 16, 2016
• Grant date: Nov 19, 2019
• Expiry date: Mar 16, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/101
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Non-limiting examples of the present disclosure describe creation and management of a contact associated with a document. A contact for a document in a first application may be created. The contact may be used to add content, from a second application, to the document. The contact may be stored. Contact data for the contact may be transmitted to one or more processing devices. An exemplary created contact may be used to transfer content from one or more applications to a document of another application. Other examples are also described.