Extension activation for related documents

• US 9,449,112 B2
• Filed: 01/30/2012
• Issued: 09/20/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Claux, David, Henderson, Jason Todd, Salamatov, Andrew, Ouliankine, Oleg, Byrne, Warren Randall, Faoro, Michael Anthony
• Primary Examiner(s): SUN, LI P
• Application Number:
  US13/361,097
• Publication Number:
  US 20130198647A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,695 Days
• Field of Search: 715/744, 715/255
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/986 Document structures and storage, e.g. HTML extensions
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/134 Hyperlinking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/046 Interoperability with other network applications or services

Abstract

Extension activation may be provided. Upon receiving a new document associated with a plurality of related documents, extension trigger conditions may be evaluated. In response to determining that an extension trigger is satisfied, a user interface element associated with the extension trigger may be displayed.

Claims

1. A method for providing application extension activation, the method comprising:

dynamically modifying at least one of a plurality of extension trigger conditions based on evaluating user interaction, wherein the user interaction comprises at least one of;

activation of an application extension and making a change to an application extension;

displaying an item corresponding to each of a plurality of related documents in a list of items;

receiving a new document associated with the plurality of related documents and displaying a new item corresponding to the new document in the list of items;

in response to receiving the new document, determining that one or more of the plurality of extension trigger conditions are satisfied by content within the new document, wherein each of the one or more extension trigger conditions has an associated priority;

in response to determining that the one or more extension trigger conditions are satisfied by the content within the new document, identifying an extension trigger condition having a highest priority of the one or more satisfied extension trigger conditions;

displaying an entry point user interface (UI) element on the new item corresponding to the new document in the list of items, wherein display of the entry point UI element indicates that the one or more extension trigger conditions are satisfied by the content within the new document; and

in response to receiving a selection of the new item corresponding to the new document in the list of items, displaying the new document including a user interface (UI) element representing an application extension associated with the identified extension trigger condition having the highest priority.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of related documents comprises a plurality of email messages.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of related documents comprises a plurality of documents comprising different document types.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of related documents comprises a plurality of documents each associated with a common project.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of related documents comprises a plurality of web pages associated by a plurality of hyperlinks.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying the user interface element proximate to the new document.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying the user interface element inside a user interface frame associated with the new document.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the user interface element further comprises:

displaying a user interface frame comprising a name of the application extension and a number of a plurality of application extensions corresponding to the plurality of extension trigger conditions;

receiving a first input from a user; and

displaying the user interface element for the application extension.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein determining whether the plurality of extension trigger conditions are satisfied comprises:

determining, based on a manifest file associated with the plurality of extension trigger conditions, a portion of at least one of the following;

the new document and the plurality of related documents; and

determining, in the determined portion, whether the plurality of extension trigger conditions are satisfied.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein modifying the at least one extension trigger condition comprises updating a priority of the at least one extension trigger condition.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determine whether one or more extension trigger conditions are satisfied by evaluating contextual information outside of the new document, wherein the contextual information comprises one or more of;

a linked document, an external web service, and the plurality of related documents.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the content within the new document includes one or more of:

text of the new document, one or more hyperlinks within the new document, a reference within the new document to at least one other document of the plurality of documents, and formatting of the content within the new document.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more extension trigger conditions are satisfied by further evaluating metadata associated with the new document.

14. A system for providing application extension activation, the system comprising:

a memory device; and

a processor coupled to the memory device, wherein the processor is operable to;

dynamically modifying at least one of a plurality of extension trigger conditions based on evaluating user interaction, wherein the user interaction comprises at least one of;

activation of an application extension and making a change to an application extension;

display an item corresponding to each of a plurality of related documents in a list of items;

display content within at least one document of the plurality of related documents;

in response to displaying the content within the at least one document, determine whether one or more of the plurality of extension trigger conditions are satisfied by evaluating the content within the displayed at least one document, wherein each of the one or more extension trigger conditions has an associated priority;

in response to determining that the one or more extension trigger conditions are satisfied by the content within the displayed at least one document, identify an extension trigger condition having a highest priority of the one or more satisfied extension trigger conditions; and

display an entry point user interface (UI) element on the item corresponding to each of the at least one document in the list of items, wherein display of the entry point UI element indicates that the one or more extension trigger conditions are satisfied by the content within the displayed at least one document; and

display a user interface (UI) element representing an application extension associated with the identified extension trigger condition having the highest priority in the displayed content within the at least one document.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the content within the displayed at least one document comprises at least one of the following:

text of the displayed at least one document, a reference within the displayed at least one document to at least one second document of the plurality of related documents, and a format of the content within the displayed at least one document.

16. The system of claim 14, further comprising:

modifying at least one of a plurality of extension trigger conditions based on evaluating user interaction, wherein user interaction comprises at least one of;

activation of an application extension and making a change to an application extension.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein modifying the at least one extension trigger condition comprises updating a priority of the at least one extension trigger condition.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein upon updating the priority of the at least one extension trigger condition causes display of a user interface element associated with at least one other application extension.

19. The system of claim 16, wherein determining whether the one or more extension trigger conditions are satisfied is based on updated context information.

20. The system of claim 14, wherein the one or more extension trigger conditions are satisfied by further evaluating a metadata element associated with the at least one document.