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Patent US8239882 - Markup based extensibility for user interfaces - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inPatentsMethods, systems, and computer products are provided for exposing the programming of an application user interface to allow modification of the associated user interface to include adding, removing, disabling, enabling and repurposing new or existing user interface components....http://www.google.com/patents/US8239882?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8239882 - Markup based extensibility for user interfacesAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS8239882 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 11/217,071Publication dateAug 7, 2012Priority dateAug 30, 2005Fee statusPaidAlso published asCA2617182A1, CN101243439A, CN101243439B, CN102722364A, CN102722364B, EP1920350A1, EP1920350A4, US20070055936, US20110296322, WO2007027737A1Publication number11217071, 217071, US 8239882 B2, US 8239882B2, US-B2-8239882, US8239882 B2, US8239882B2InventorsSavraj Singh Dhanjal, Alex Mogilevsky, David Andrew Morton, Preethi Ramani, Dien Trang Luu, Eric Michael Faller, Andrew Fomichev, Andy Chung-An ChangOriginal AssigneeMicrosoft CorporationExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (551), Non-Patent Citations (442), Referenced by (36), Classifications (12), Legal Events (3) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetMarkup based extensibility for user interfaces
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