Elizabeth A Hill

US Patent:

8234575, Jul 31, 2012

Filed:

Nov 30, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/947800

Inventors:

Justin W Hartin - Bellevue WA, US
Elizabeth A Hill - Woodinville WA, US
Michael J Miles - Duvall WA, US
Jason E Douglass - Redmond WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 13/00

US Classification:

715744, 715745, 715746, 715747, 715748, 715749

Abstract:

A toolbar that persists in a browser window across multiple Web pages during a browsing session is displayed. This toolbar includes multiple toolbar buttons. An updated toolbar is automatically received from a remote toolbar source that is independent of the multiple Web pages, and this updated toolbar includes a change to the toolbar buttons. The toolbar in the browser is replaced, during the browsing session, with this updated toolbar. The toolbar can also include one or more buttons based at least in part on customization information regarding a user of the browser.

US Patent:

20070168316, Jul 19, 2007

Filed:

Jan 13, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/332540

Inventors:

Amit Gupta - Kirkland WA, US
Andrew Jaffray - Seattle WA, US
Elizabeth Hill - Kirkland WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30
G06F 7/00

US Classification:

707001000, 707200000

Abstract:

Updating a database while minimizing resources on a database server instance. One or more indexes are created prior to propagating updated data associated with the database to a computing device associated with the database server instance for access.