Online Content Service With Catalog Based Interaction

Abstract: An online content system is provided, including a plurality of user accounts maintained at a network-accessible online service, where associated with each user account are a plurality of content items. A catalog service is operable to provide offline metadata for the plurality of user accounts, whereby, for the plurality of content items in each of the plurality of user accounts, (a) a catalog engine of the catalog service is operable to generate a hierarchical tree descriptor for the plurality of content items, and (b) a service interface of the catalog service is operable to cause network transmission of the hierarchical tree descriptor to a remote device associated with the user account, such network transmission being independent of content item downloads to the remote device.

Patent Information

Application #

Filing Date

17 October 2011

Publication Number

07/2013

Publication Type

INA

Invention Field

COMPUTER SCIENCE

Status

Email

Parent Application

Applicants

MICROSOFT CORPORATION

ONE MICROSOFT WAY, REDMOND, WASHINGTON 98052-6399 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Inventors

1. PLANTY, CHRISTOPHE

C/0 MICROSOFT CORPORATION, LCA-INTERNATIONAL PATENTS, ONE MICROSOFT WAY, REDMOND WASHINGTON 98052-6399 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

2. BIANCARDINI, SYLVAIN

C/0 MICROSOFT CORPORATION, LCA-INTERNATIONAL PATENTS, ONE MICROSOFT WAY, REDMOND WASHINGTON 98052-6399 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

3. GUYARD, ERIC

C/0 MICROSOFT CORPORATION, LCA-INTERNATIONAL PATENTS, ONE MICROSOFT WAY, REDMOND WASHINGTON 98052-6399 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Specification

NA

Documents

Application Documents

#	Name	Date
1	7992-delnp-2011-Correspondence Others-(12-04-2012).pdf	2012-04-12
1	Abstract.jpg	2012-03-31
2	7992-delnp-2011-GPA.pdf	2012-03-31
2	7992-delnp-2011-Form-3-(12-04-2012).pdf	2012-04-12
3	7992-delnp-2011-Form-5.pdf	2012-03-31
3	7992-delnp-2011-Abstract.pdf	2012-03-31
4	7992-delnp-2011-Assignment.pdf	2012-03-31
4	7992-delnp-2011-Form-3.pdf	2012-03-31
5	7992-delnp-2011-Form-2.pdf	2012-03-31
5	7992-delnp-2011-Claims.pdf	2012-03-31
6	7992-delnp-2011-Form-1.pdf	2012-03-31
6	7992-delnp-2011-Correspondence Others.pdf	2012-03-31
7	7992-delnp-2011-Drawings.pdf	2012-03-31
7	7992-delnp-2011-Description (Complete).pdf	2012-03-31
8	7992-delnp-2011-Drawings.pdf	2012-03-31
8	7992-delnp-2011-Description (Complete).pdf	2012-03-31
9	7992-delnp-2011-Form-1.pdf	2012-03-31
9	7992-delnp-2011-Correspondence Others.pdf	2012-03-31
10	7992-delnp-2011-Claims.pdf	2012-03-31
10	7992-delnp-2011-Form-2.pdf	2012-03-31
11	7992-delnp-2011-Assignment.pdf	2012-03-31
11	7992-delnp-2011-Form-3.pdf	2012-03-31
12	7992-delnp-2011-Form-5.pdf	2012-03-31
12	7992-delnp-2011-Abstract.pdf	2012-03-31
13	7992-delnp-2011-GPA.pdf	2012-03-31
13	7992-delnp-2011-Form-3-(12-04-2012).pdf	2012-04-12
14	Abstract.jpg	2012-03-31
14	7992-delnp-2011-Correspondence Others-(12-04-2012).pdf	2012-04-12