- Patent Title: Control of addition of representations to an application launcher
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Application No.: US14599922Application Date: 2015-01-19
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Publication No.: US09785310B2Publication Date: 2017-10-10
- Inventor: Poorva Singal , Harnoor Singh , John Christopher Whytock
- 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: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP
- Main IPC: G06F15/00
- IPC: G06F15/00 ; G06F13/00 ; G06F3/0482 ; G06F9/44 ; G06F3/048 ; G06F3/0481 ; G06F9/445

Abstract:
Techniques to control addition of representations to an application launcher are described. In one or more implementations, an input is received by a computing device to add a representation of an application or content to the application launcher of the computing device. The application launcher has a plurality of representations of applications or content that are selectable to navigate to a user interface corresponding with a respective application or content and are assigned into respective ones of a plurality of groups that together compose a plurality of linear arrangements of the groups. A location is controlled by the computing device at which to include the added representation in the application launcher based at least in part a determination of whether one of the plurality of groups is associated with a positional tag.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160209993A1 Control of Addition of Representations to an Application Launcher Public/Granted day:2016-07-21
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