Patent 7464342 was granted and assigned to Microsoft on December, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A customizable service provider user interface is described. In an implementation, a user is logged onto a suite a web services, to which, the user has not previously logged on. A user interface is output having a plurality of portions, one or more of which are customizable by the user through use of one or more overlays to customize interaction with the suite of web services.