Electronic document supplementation with online social networking information

US10860783B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

• Kathryn V. J. Sullivan · Bellevue, US
• Amy Tremper · Sunnyvale, US
• Kylan Nieh · Fremont, US
• Maria del Mar Gines Marin · Kirkland, US
• Shikha Devesh Desai · Minneapolis, US
• Theresa A. Estrada · Redmond, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 12, 2018
• Grant date: Dec 8, 2020
• Expiry date: Dec 29, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC —): General

Abstract

A system and method includes receiving content of an electronic document during a time the content is being entered into an electronic document by a user by via an electronic document editor application. A content characteristic is extracted from the content and transmitted to an online data source. A content item related to the content characteristic is received from the online data source. A user interface presents the content item concurrently with the electronic document editor application.