Patent application number | Description | Published |
20120290945 | EXTENSIBILITY FEATURES FOR ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS - An extensibility model is used to provide active and interactive functionality in communication items, but the embodiments are not so limited. A computer system of an embodiment includes components configured to identify one or more activation triggers that operate to activate gadget code using an isolated code execution environment as part of injecting content into an email communication. A method of one embodiment provides an extensibility framework for using defined gadget triggers and associated gadget functionality as part of automatically injecting content inline with a mail message. | 11-15-2012 |
20130086437 | COMMUNICATING UNEXPECTED COLLABORATION SERVER RESPONSES ON RECONNECTION - A set of workflows are provided for supporting proper user notifications after an action is taken by the user in conjunction with an asynchronous communication service. Timing and/or type of the notifications or an action to be taken by the service is determined based on one or more of a nature of the user action that failed, a time elapsed since the action was taken, multi-action dependencies, device types, and similar characteristics enhancing user experience and reducing confusion. | 04-04-2013 |
20130125145 | Cross-Platform Application Programming Interfaces for Applications - Concepts and technologies are described herein for cross-platform application programming interfaces for applications. In accordance with the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, the cross-platform APIs support interoperability and extensibility with various application programs using a single language and/or set of APIs. Extensions authored for a particular application program may be used with other application programs that expose the same or a similar set of APIs, even if other object models or APIs associated with the application programs differ from one another. Thus, the APIs support cross-platform, cross-device, and cross-version compatibility of extensions. | 05-16-2013 |
20130151942 | Inference-Based Extension Activation - Extension activation may be provided. A document may be opened within a software application associated with an extension. Upon determining that a data element associated with the document is associated with an activation condition of the extension, the extension may be activated. | 06-13-2013 |
20130185362 | Installation and Management of Client Extensions - Application extension management may be provided. Upon logging into a user device by a user, a list of a plurality of extensions associated with the user may be retrieved from a central repository. Access to each of the plurality of extensions associated with the user on the user device may then be provided to the user device. | 07-18-2013 |
20130198623 | Intelligent Prioritization of Activated Extensions - Extension prioritization may be provided. Upon opening a document in a software application, a determination may be made whether the document satisfies a respective activation rule for each of a plurality of application extensions associated with the software application. In response to determining that the document satisfies a respective activation rule for each of a plurality of application extensions associated with the software application a priority may be identified for each of the plurality of application extensions and a user interface element associated with at least one of the plurality of application extensions may be displayed. | 08-01-2013 |
20130198627 | Dynamic Extension View with Multiple Levels of Expansion - Application extension management may be provided. A plurality of related documents may be scanned to determine whether an activation trigger associated with an application extension has been triggered. In response to determining that the activation trigger associated with the application extension has been triggered, the application extension may be triggered and a user interface element associated with the application extension may be displayed according to a display rule. | 08-01-2013 |
20130198647 | Extension Activation for Related Documents - Extension activation may be provided. Upon receiving a new document associated with a plurality of related documents, extension trigger conditions may be evaluated. In response to determining that an extension trigger is satisfied, a user interface element associated with the extension trigger may be displayed. | 08-01-2013 |
20130282642 | PROVIDING RULE BASED ANALYSIS OF CONTENT TO MANAGE ACTIVATION OF WEB EXTENSION - A rule based analysis of content is provided to manage activation of a web extension. A user interaction with the content launches a process to match a rule from the manifest to a portion of the content. The rule and the detected content are loaded into memory. The content is processed using the rule and by accessing the memory containing the content to determine a match. An application may choose to process the content using the rules on a background thread to avoid impacting user's experience. An activation control is displayed for the web extension associated with the rule within a web extension pane upon matching the rule to an item in the content. | 10-24-2013 |
20130282643 | LINKING WEB EXTENSION AND CONTENT CONTEXTUALLY - A web extension and content are linked contextually. A user interaction with the content launches a process to match a regular expression rule from the web extension to a portion of the content. An entity matching the regular expression rule is recorded and transmitted back to the web extension. Matched entity is integrated into the rule. The integrated rule is displayed in a web extension pane. The integrated rule and the entity are highlighted within the web extension pane and the content pane, respectively. The highlighted entity and the highlighted rule illustrate a contextual link between the web extension and the content. | 10-24-2013 |
20130283139 | MANAGING WEB EXTENSION THROUGH MANIFEST FILE - A web extension is managed through a manifest file. An application managing the web extension receives attributes of the extension from a developer or metadata of the extension. A pointer to the web extension is inserted into the attributes. The pointer can be used as a link to activate the web extension. The attributes are stored in a manifest file formatted in extensible markup language (XML). The functionality of the web extension is managed based on the manifest file. | 10-24-2013 |
20130318176 | Enhanced Electronic Communication Draft Management - Draft management for new electronic communication messages in a mailbox folder is provided. When a user selects to create a new email message, a draft of the new message may appear in a list view of one or more of the user's mailbox folders. The list view may display aggregated contents from both a mailbox folder and the drafts folder. Drafts may be identified as draft messages so that it may be easy for the user to distinguish between draft messages and other email messages. When a draft is deleted or when a draft is sent, it may be removed from the list view. Additionally, selection controls may be provided in the user interface to sort email items by groupings. Selection of a drafts selection control may cause a display of the draft items in the user's email account. | 11-28-2013 |
20140012923 | Forgotten Attachment Detection - A user is writing an email or other message. A text processing layer prepares the message for analysis and performs some initial analysis and preparation such as a sentence separator, a “tokenizer”, a “unique body” identification, and/or possibly other filtering or analysis routines. An analytics layer analyzes the message using a “regular expressions” analysis, a statistical natural language processing analysis, and/or a template matching analysis. If an attachment is indicated, a suggestion to add an attachment is provided to the user. The analysis may begin when the user begins creating the message, indicates that the message should be sent, or at some point in between. The user may provide feedback that the suggestion is accepted or that the suggestion is rejected. | 01-09-2014 |
20140280615 | REMINDER VIEWS FOR FACILITATING DRAFT REMINDERS - Systems, methods, and software disclosed herein facilitate draft reminders. In at least one implementation, a primary view of an information management application is rendered. In various scenarios the primary view may include primary items, such as emails, events, tasks, or other types of items. When a reminder view is invoked, draft items are identified to include in the reminder view. The reminder view is then rendered in an overlaid manner with respect to the primary view and includes the draft items. | 09-18-2014 |
20140344838 | Cross-Platform Application Programming Interfaces for Applications - Concepts and technologies are described herein for cross-platform application programming interfaces for applications. In accordance with the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, the cross-platform APIs support interoperability and extensibility with various application programs using a single language and/or set of APIs. Extensions authored for a particular application program may be used with other application programs that expose the same or a similar set of APIs, even if other object models or APIs associated with the application programs differ from one another. Thus, the APIs support cross-platform, cross-device, and cross-version compatibility of extensions. | 11-20-2014 |
20150081824 | Forgotten Attachment Detection - A user is writing an email or other message. The message is inspected for a predetermined word and for at least one of: a predetermined phrase or a template match. A score is generated if the predetermined phrase or the template match is detected. A suggestion is provided to a user that the message may need an attachment if the predetermined word is detected or if the score is greater than a predetermined score. The inspection may begin when the user begins creating the message, indicates that the message should be sent, or at some point in between. The user may provide feedback that the suggestion is accepted or that the suggestion is rejected. | 03-19-2015 |