APPLICATION INSTALL AND LAYOUT SYNCING

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15382749

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Embodiments described herein relate to synchronizing configuration information between devices associated with a user. The synchronized configuration information can relate to application installations and uninstallations as well as to user modifications to user interfaces for managing and invoking the applications. For example, layouts of application representations provided by respective application launchers on a user's respective devices are kept automatically synchronized when the user modifies any of the layouts. Installations and uninstallations are similarly synchronized between the user's devices. Installations and uninstallations that might stem from synchronization may be circumscribed in various ways, such as by allowing the user to specify whether specific applications are to be installed/uninstalled only on specific devices or globally, by filtering propagation of synchronization updates according to hardware or software features and incompatibilities, or others.

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MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLCONE MICROSOFT WAY REDMOND WA 98052

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Alphin, Thomas Kirkland, US 2 58
Amenta, David Redmond, US 2 58
Duncan, Richard Kirkland, US 36 398
Fauchere, Clement Sammamish, US 6 69
Machalani, Henri-Charles Seattle, US 10 154
Macklin, Robert Chester Seattle, US 2 8
McDevitt, Sarah Seattle, US 9 93
McGuire, Chris Monroe, US 2 58
Pour, Bahram Bahram Woodinville, US 3 65
Sawaya, Samer Snoqualmie, US 3 59
Srour, Benjamin Seattle, US 4 70
Taylor, Marina Dukhon Kirkland, US 4 129

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