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US7814438B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Microsoft Corporation · US

Inventors

• Joel Grossman · Petaling Jaya, MY
• Cornelis K. Van Dok · Bellevue, US
• Jonathan David Perlow · San Francisco, US
• Vivien Park · Seattle, US
• Sean Blagsvedt · Bengaluru, IN

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 8, 2007
• Grant date: Oct 12, 2010
• Expiry date: Mar 15, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04M2250/60
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A computing system and a user interface display requested data corresponding with a contact at a display device. The requested data includes contact information, communication histories, and files associated with the contact. The requested data is obtained from one or more contact information directories located locally and/or remotely from the computing system. The user interface also displays contact-centric tasks that may be engaged in between the user and the contact based upon the capabilities of the corresponding computing systems or that can be performed on a contact. Some of the contact information can be edited with an edit mode of the user interface. The contact may be a person, group, organization, or household.