US Patent Issued to MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING on March 11 for "Expanded preview mode for folders" (Indian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,248,657, issued on March 11, was assigned to MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC (Redmond, Wash.).

"Expanded preview mode for folders" was invented by Suvojyoti Ray (Bengaluru, India), Gulmohar Khan (Bengaluru, India) and Colin Day (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The techniques disclosed herein enable systems to provide a streamlined user experience in file manager applications across diverse file contexts (e.g., local, cloud). This is accomplished by utilizing expanded folder previews that enable a user to view and interact with the contents of a folder without navigating into the folder itself. In various examples, an expanded ...