US Patent No: 7,657,846

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System and method for displaying stack icons

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Abstract

The present invention is directed to a method and system for use in a computing environment for representing files stored in stacks. The method includes providing a set of stack icons, each icon in the set having a stack height representing a range of stack sizes. The method additionally includes determining a stack size for a selected stack and selecting and displaying an appropriate stack icon from the set of stack icons based on the determined stack size. The selected stack may be stored within one of multiple libraries. Accordingly a distinct set of icons relevant to each library may be stored for each library. The icons may visibly convey information pertaining to the relevant library. Accordingly, the method may include representing a selected stack by determining an appropriate library and an appropriate stack height and displaying a corresponding icon. The system may additionally include an empty stack icon, a generic stack icon, property based icons, and custom thumbnail icons.

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Patent Owner(s)

Patent OwnerAddressTotal Patents
MICROSOFT CORPORATIONREDMOND, WA24226

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Banks, Richard M Egham, GB 55 772
Cummins, Charles Seattle, WA 120 1192
De, Vorchik David G Seattle, WA 86 755
Gusmorino, Paul A Seattle, WA 38 371
Ivanovic, Relja B Seattle, WA 19 156
Lam, Jenny T Seattle, WA 97 1102
Moore, Jason F Redmond, WA 51 589

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