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GUZAK CHRIS J
US46 patents
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MICROSOFT CORP
34 patentsUS7769794B2Aug 3, 2010
User interface for a file system shell
MICROSOFT CORP198 citations97
US7823077B2Oct 26, 2010
System and method for user modification of metadata in a shell browser
MICROSOFT CORP61 citations96
US7409644B2Aug 5, 2008
File system shell
MICROSOFT CORP80 citations96
US7249326B2Jul 24, 2007
Method and system for reducing notification area clutter
MICROSOFT CORP124 citations96
US7627552B2Dec 1, 2009
System and method for filtering and organizing items based on common elements
MICROSOFT CORP42 citations95
US7493592B2Feb 17, 2009
Programming interface for a computer platform
MICROSOFT CORP37 citations95
US7925682B2Apr 12, 2011
System and method utilizing virtual folders
MICROSOFT CORP32 citations92
US7644374B2Jan 5, 2010
Computer input control for specifying scope with explicit exclusions
MICROSOFT CORP18 citations92
US7526483B2Apr 28, 2009
System and method for virtual folder sharing including utilization of static and dynamic lists
MICROSOFT CORP24 citations92
US7499925B2Mar 3, 2009
File system for displaying items of different types and from different physical locations
MICROSOFT CORP38 citations92
US7181463B2Feb 20, 2007
System and method for managing data using static lists
MICROSOFT CORP41 citations92
US6873337B1Mar 29, 2005
Application programming interface for changing the visual style
MICROSOFT CORP25 citations92
US7822793B2Oct 26, 2010
User data profile namespace
MICROSOFT CORP22 citations91
US7743022B2Jun 22, 2010
Method and system for synchronizing data shared among peer computing devices
MICROSOFT CORP30 citations91
US7536386B2May 19, 2009
System and method for sharing items in a computer system
MICROSOFT CORP56 citations91
US7444645B1Oct 28, 2008
Method and system for detecting content on media and devices and launching applications to run the content
MICROSOFT CORP29 citations91
US7043572B2May 9, 2006
Method and system for providing a peripheral service to a host computing device
MICROSOFT CORP23 citations91
US7810143B2Oct 5, 2010
Credential interface
MICROSOFT CORP31 citations90
US7188319B2Mar 6, 2007
Displaying graphical information and user selected properties on a computer interface
MICROSOFT CORP25 citations89
US7190369B2Mar 13, 2007
Application programming interface for changing the visual style
MICROSOFT CORP10 citations84
US6992681B2Jan 31, 2006
Theme aware management using fusion
MICROSOFT CORP13 citations84
US8375335B2Feb 12, 2013
Computer input control for specifying scope with explicit exclusions
MICROSOFT CORP7 citations83
US7672928B2Mar 2, 2010
Query forced indexing
MICROSOFT CORP15 citations83
US7617530B2Nov 10, 2009
Rights elevator
MICROSOFT CORP14 citations82
US7908562B2Mar 15, 2011
System and a method for presenting items to a user with a contextual presentation
MICROSOFT CORP14 citations81
US7555573B2Jun 30, 2009
Initiating software responses based on a hardware action
MICROSOFT CORP13 citations76
US6762767B2Jul 13, 2004
Theme aware management using fusion
MICROSOFT CORP10 citations73
US7478085B2Jan 13, 2009
Ability for developers to easily find or extend well known locations on a system
MICROSOFT CORP3 citations62
US7206868B2Apr 17, 2007
Method and system for providing a peripheral service to a host computing device
MICROSOFT CORP5 citations61
US6792477B1Sep 14, 2004
Discovering printers and shares
MICROSOFT CORP4 citations60
US7730073B2Jun 1, 2010
System and a method for presenting related items to a user
MICROSOFT CORP5 citations59
US7711754B2May 4, 2010
System and method for managing data using static lists
MICROSOFT CORP0 citations52
US7552243B2Jun 23, 2009
Discovering printers and shares
MICROSOFT CORP1 citations49
US7421653B2Sep 2, 2008
System and method utilizing drawing handlers for selected properties
MICROSOFT CORP0 citations42
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC
6 patentsUS9423926B2Aug 23, 2016
Method for graphical representation of a content collection
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC3 citations70
US9436351B2Sep 6, 2016
System and method for user modification of metadata in a shell browser
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC2 citations61
US11061775B2Jul 13, 2021
Coordinating file synchronization between a sync engine and another application that supports document collaboration
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC0 citations55
US9459837B2Oct 4, 2016
Interface for a computer platform
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC0 citations51
US9430193B2Aug 30, 2016
Interface for a computer platform
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC0 citations51
US10282255B2May 7, 2019
Coordinating file synchronization between a sync engine and another application that supports document collaboration
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC0 citations45