Enabling interaction with an external service feature
AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC
InventorsShavinder Singh Multani, Alberto Swett, Karvell Ka Yiu Li, Akshay Navneetlal Mutha
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AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC
InventorsShavinder Singh Multani, Alberto Swett, Karvell Ka Yiu Li, Akshay Navneetlal Mutha
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Enabling interaction with an external service feature via a productivity application is provided. Features in an application are oftentimes an integration of an external or third party service into the application. To enable access to a feature, such as for testing purposes, a secret globally unique identifier (GUID) is input into a designated interface of the application, and a request is sent to enable the external service feature, wherein the request provides an indication to provide resources to interact with the external service feature. The application receives the resources and enables interaction with the external service feature via the productivity application by providing an interface within the productivity application for interacting with the external service feature. Various GUIDs may be used to enable different features. Further, another GUID may be used to disable interaction with the external service feature.
A computer-implemented method for enabling a productivity application to interact with an external service feature, comprising:
A system for enabling a productivity application to interact with an external service feature the system comprising a computing device, the computing device comprising:
A computer readable storage media including computer readable instructions, which when executed by a processing unit is operative to:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.