Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Edge-based hooking gestures for invoking user interfaces
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Application No.: US15701439Application Date: 2017-09-11
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Publication No.: US10579205B2Publication Date: 2020-03-03
- Inventor: Jennifer Nan , Jesse Clay Satterfield , Zach Robinson , Robert Jarrett , Patrice L. Miner
- Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Applicant Address: US WA Redmond
- Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
- Current Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Redmond
- Agency: Alleman Hall Creasman & Tuttle LLP
- Main IPC: G06F3/048
- IPC: G06F3/048 ; G06F3/0481 ; G06F3/0484 ; G06F3/0482

Abstract:
Presented herein are techniques for invoking user interfaces in graphical computing environments involving “hooking” gestures applicable to an edge of a display. These gestures involve positioning a pointer near an edge of the display depicting the environment, and then moving the cursor to a second location that is distanced from but near the first location (e.g., moving the pointer into a corner of the display, and then toward the center of the display, or to a midpoint of an adjacent edge of the display), resulting in the presentation of the user interface under the pointer at the second location. Variations include presenting a preview of the user interface (e.g., a subset of a user interface menu) at the second location while the pointer is in the first location, and refraining from presenting the user interface upon failing to complete the gesture or receiving extraneous input before completing the gesture.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170371517A1 EDGE-BASED HOOKING GESTURES FOR INVOKING USER INTERFACES Public/Granted day:2017-12-28
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