47 US patents granted on 01 July 2008 and assigned to Microsoft
| 1 | D572,206 | Button configuration portion of an electronic controller |
| 2 | 7,395,544 | Regulating the quality of a broadcast based on monitored viewing behavior information |
| 3 | 7,395,540 | Automated business software application integration |
| 4 | 7,395,534 | System and method for progressively installing a software application |
| 5 | 7,395,525 | Method and apparatus for displaying computer program errors as hypertext |
| 6 | 7,395,513 | System and method of providing multiple installation actions |
| 7 | 7,395,511 | User interface and method to facilitate hierarchical specification of queries using an information taxonomy |
| 8 | 7,395,507 | Automated selection of appropriate information based on a computer user’s context |
| 9 | 7,395,506 | Spy-resistant keyboard |
| 10 | 7,395,496 | Systems and methods for enhanced stored data verification utilizing pageable pool memory |
| 11 | 7,395,456 | Query-based identification of user interface elements |
| 12 | 7,395,453 | System and method for splitting an image across multiple computer readable media |
| 13 | 7,395,452 | Method and system for improved reliability in storage devices |
| 14 | 7,395,446 | Systems and methods for the implementation of a peer-to-peer rule-based pull autonomous synchronization system |
| 15 | 7,395,438 | Digital rights management (DRM) encryption and data-protection for content on device without interactive authentication |
| 16 | 7,395,428 | Delegating certificate validation |
| 17 | 7,395,389 | Extending non-volatile storage at a computer system |
| 18 | 7,395,387 | System and method for backing up and restoring data |
| 19 | 7,395,335 | Distributed load balancing for single entry-point systems |
| 20 | 7,395,331 | Suspension and reinstatement of reference handles |
| 21 | 7,395,328 | Method and system for detecting a dead server |
| 22 | 7,395,320 | Providing automatic policy enforcement in a multi-computer service application |
| 23 | 7,395,312 | Integrating online community and program development environments |
| 24 | 7,395,311 | Performing generic challenges in a distributed system |
| 25 | 7,395,278 | Transaction consistent copy-on-write database |
| 26 | 7,395,269 | Systems and methods for changing items in a computer file |
| 27 | 7,395,264 | Promotable transactions with promotable single phase enlistments |
| 28 | 7,395,242 | Method and system for restricting the usage of payment accounts |
| 29 | 7,395,210 | Progressive to lossless embedded audio coder (PLEAC) with multiple factorization reversible transform |
| 30 | 7,395,208 | Integrating external voices |
| 31 | 7,395,199 | Emulating the operation of a video graphics adapter |
| 32 | 7,395,059 | Input device with user-balanced performance and power consumption |
| 33 | 7,394,967 | Recorded content management |
| 34 | 7,394,939 | Managing file stream generation |
| 35 | 7,394,936 | System and method for curve recognition in a hand-drawn chart in ink input |
| 36 | 7,394,935 | System and method for editing a hand-drawn chart in ink input |
| 37 | 7,394,934 | Recognition of electronic ink with late strokes |
| 38 | 7,394,907 | System and process for sound source localization using microphone array beamsteering |
| 39 | 7,394,821 | System and method for maintaining network system information |
| 40 | 7,394,565 | System and method for dynamically controlling gamut mapping functions |
| 41 | 7,394,469 | Picking TV safe colors |
| 42 | 7,394,467 | System, method and computer program product for general environment mapping |
| 43 | 7,394,464 | Preshaders: optimization of GPU programs |
| 44 | 7,394,459 | Interaction between objects and a virtual environment display |
| 45 | 7,394,457 | Device behavior based on surrounding devices |
| 46 | 7,394,454 | Data input device and method for detecting lift-off from a tracking surface by electrical impedance measurement |
| 47 | 7,394,092 | Quasi-particle interferometry for logical gates |
