Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Organizing documents through utilization of people tags
- Patent Title (中): 通过利用人物标签组织文档
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Application No.: US12560455Application Date: 2009-09-16
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Publication No.: US08397156B2Publication Date: 2013-03-12
- Inventor: John Michael Thornton , Alexander S. Brodie , Bryan P. Ferguson , Ananda Narayanan Pulamanthole Pisharathu , Samuel James Pinson , Shanjeef Satchithanantham
- Applicant: John Michael Thornton , Alexander S. Brodie , Bryan P. Ferguson , Ananda Narayanan Pulamanthole Pisharathu , Samuel James Pinson , Shanjeef Satchithanantham
- Applicant Address: US WA Redmond
- Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
- Current Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Redmond
- Main IPC: G06F17/00
- IPC: G06F17/00 ; G06F7/00

Abstract:
A method disclosed herein includes the acts of receiving a document that has a people tag assigned thereto, wherein the people tag comprises first data that is indicative of an identity of a first individual that corresponds to the document, and wherein the people tag is assigned to the document by an assignor, and accessing contact data pertaining to a second individual, wherein the contact data comprises second data that is indicative of identities of contacts of the second individual, wherein the second data comprises data that is indicative of the identity of the first individual. The method also includes comparing the contact data with the first data, and displaying the document on a computer screen in conjunction with text that identifies the first individual to the third individual, wherein the text indicates a name of the first individual as assigned to the first individual by the second individual.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110067087A1 ORGANIZING DOCUMENTS THROUGH UTILIZATION OF PEOPLE TAGS Public/Granted day:2011-03-17
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