Tony W Lin

US Patent:

20060047811, Mar 2, 2006

Filed:

Sep 1, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/932569

Inventors:

Daniel Lau - Issaquah WA, US
Daniel Crevier - Bellevue WA, US
Jorge Morinigo - Newcastle WA, US
Robert Vreeland - San Jose CA, US
Shengyong Li - San Mateo CA, US
Stuart DeSpain - Seattle WA, US
Brooke Nelson - Redmond WA, US
Jeffrey Smith - Kirkland WA, US
James Grandy - Menlo Park CA, US
Laura Neumann - Kirkland WA, US
Tony Lin - Mountain View CA, US
Vianna Tam - Fremont CA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 15/173

US Classification:

709225000

Abstract:

Described is a system and method that enables project management across application programs, including an email program, calendar program, spreadsheet program, word processing program, note taking program and others. A central project-related view provides access to project-related data items and may display a schedule, a task list of tasks filtered as being relevant to a project, a note page related to a project, and emails relevant to the project. In addition, other application objects (file, documents, presentations and spreadsheets) are also captured in the view and presented for easy access. Metadata including a project identifier is maintained in a database for the various data items, allowing rapid location of the data items related to a project via query techniques. A project palette allows access to the items from within another application program, and a project gallery allows a user alternative access to the files related to a project.