Gregory J Hollobaugh

US Patent:

20110313803, Dec 22, 2011

Filed:

Jun 22, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/820721

Inventors:

Ned B. Friend - Seattle WA, US
Michael Ivan Borysenko - Redmond WA, US
Owen Braun - Seattle WA, US
Gregory J. Hollobaugh - Seattle WA, US
Erez Kikin-Gil - Redmond WA, US
Matthew J. Kotler - Sammamish WA, US
Charles W. Parker - Sammamish WA, US
Tara Leigh Roth - Bellevue WA, US
Jesse Clay Satterfield - Seattle WA, US
Nathaniel Stott - Redmond WA, US
Igor Zaika - Seattle WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06Q 10/00

US Classification:

705 713

Abstract:

Providing access to task lists via social communications systems is provided. A user may expose a list authoring surface and associated task lists to other users via one or more social communications systems. When another user attempts to access contents of the list authoring surface, the user attempting access may be required to provide permissions credentials, or the attempting user's social communications account may be designated as a permissioned account from which access to the contents of the list authoring surface may be obtained. Version control management may be applied to the accessed task lists to ensure accessing users receive access to most up-to-date versions of accessed task lists. Once an accessing user obtains access to a given task list, the accessing user may comment on accessed tasks, make changes to accessed tasks and/or collaborate on accessed tasks.