US 11,886,384 B2
Destination-agnostic item-keeping UI for heterogenous digital items
Carlos German Perez, Redmond, WA (US); Todd S. Behrbaum, Redmond, WA (US); Wendy Lu, Seattle, WA (US); Matthew F. Gray, Oslo (NO); Daniela Dimitrova, Redmond, WA (US); Helen Anderson, Seattle, WA (US); Olga K. Dalecka, Redmond, WA (US); and Jokko Juhana Korhonen, Seattle, WA (US)
Assigned to MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed by MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed on Apr. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/711,844.
Prior Publication US 2023/0315686 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 16/16 (2019.01); G06F 16/13 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 16/168 (2019.01) [G06F 16/13 (2019.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
storing a plurality of items at a first location;
receiving a user selection of an item of the plurality of items;
displaying an item storage interface control in response to the user selection of the item;
receiving a first user input at the item storage interface control indicating the selected item of the plurality of items for storage at a centralized location;
in response to the first user input, generating an item alias representing content of the selected item;
storing the item alias at the centralized location irrespective of the first location of the selected item, wherein the first location of the selected item is unchanged in response to the first user input;
receiving a second user input at the item storage interface control selecting a user-defined location that is different from the centralized location;
in response to the second user input, removing the item alias from the centralized location; and
storing the item alias in the user-defined location irrespective of the first location of the selected item, wherein the first location of the selected item is unchanged in response to the second user input.