Apple Inc.

Abhinay Ashutosh

Andrew P Richardson

Mark A Ebbole

James T Turner

Yidi Zhu

Przemyslaw M Iwanowski

Andrew T Finke

Remote user interface (UI) rendering effects provide increased privacy and efficiency in computer user input systems. In an aspect, an application specifies remote UI effects to be managed and rendered on UI elements separately from the application, such as by an effects component running outside of the application's operating system process. When user input indicates a preliminary interaction with a UI element, the remote UI effect can be rendered without the application's knowledge of the preliminary interaction, hence preserving a user's privacy from the application of preliminary UI interactions.

Out-of-process effects for electronic devices

Out-of-process hit-testing can provide increased privacy and efficiency in computer user input systems. In an aspect, an application specifies a control style for a UI window to be managed separately from the application, such as by a system process running outside of the application process. When a user input is received at a location corresponding to a part of the application UI that is separate from the UI window for which the control style has been specified, the user input may be redirected to the UI window for which the control style has been specified.

Out-of-process hit-testing for electronic devices

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Sunnyvale, CA, United States of America

Abhinay Ashutosh