US Patent:
20110179049, Jul 21, 2011
Inventors:
Nicholas Caldwell - Bellevue WA, US
Venkat Pradeep Chilakamarri - Redmond WA, US
Saliha Azzam - Redmond WA, US
Yizheng Cai - Sammamish WA, US
Michael Calcagno - Kirkland WA, US
Benjamin Edward Childs - Seattle WA, US
Arun Chitrapu - Seattle WA, US
Steven Dimmick - Mill Creek WA, US
Michael Gamon - Seattle WA, US
Bernhard SJ Kohlmeier - Woodinville WA, US
Jonathan C. Ludwig - Kirkland WA, US
Kimberly Manis - Seattle WA, US
Courtney Anne O'Keefe - Bellevue WA, US
Diego Perez Del Carpio - Redmond WA, US
Tu Huy Phan - Redmond WA, US
Kevin Powell - Kirkland WA, US
Jignesh Shah - Bellevue WA, US
Ashish Sharma - Bellevue WA, US
Paulus Willem ter Horst - Bothell WA, US
Mukta Pramod Walvekar - Sammamish WA, US
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA
International Classification:
G06F 17/30
Abstract:
Project-related data may be aggregated from various data sources, given context, and may be stored in a data repository or organizational knowledge base that may be available to and accessed by others. Documents, emails, contact information, calendar data, social networking data, and any other content that is related to a project may be brought together within a single user interface, irrespective of its data type. A user may organize and understand content, discover relevant information, and act on it without regard to where the information resides or how it was created.