Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Bryan Todd Agnetta

Liang Chen

David W Flynt

Igor B Peev

Jae Pum Park

Peter G Chin

Liang Jeff Chen

Robert Pengelly

Alfred Astort

Sean Anthony Rooney

Matthew Stieg Hulbert

Brian Speight

Ashley Alexander Bright

Matt Clark Turpin

Matt Christopher Ballew

Sally Louise Barton

Josh Jeremiah Brantley

Hok-Sum Horace Luke

Richard Leigh Mains

Tirthankar Sengupta

Marc Anthony Salazar

Brian Peter Kralyevich

Ryan Parker

Xiaochun Tan

Eduardo L Escardo-Raffo

Nino Yuniardi

Catherine Ann Hendricks

Charles Cummins

Aaron Michael Donsbach

Timothy Thomas Gray

Jason Glenn Silvis

Suzan Marashi

Jason Phillip Kriese

Dane M Howard

Vibhunandan Gavini

Blair Harold Beebe

Steven Michael Sommer

Santhosh Kumar Paraliyil Krishnankutty

Garret Martin Miller Graaf

Adam Swank

Venkata Nagesh Babu Balivada

Sumonto Ghosh

Joseph Robert Buchta

Lee Chuan Lin

Electronic devices, interfaces for electronic devices, and techniques for interacting with such interfaces and electronic devices are described. For instance, this disclosure describes an example electronic device that includes sensors, such as multiple front-facing cameras to detect orientation and/or location of the electronic device relative to an object and one or more inertial sensors. Users of the device may perform gestures on the device by moving the device in-air and/or by moving their head, face, or eyes relative to the device. In response to these gestures, the device may perform operations.

Mobile device applications

Mobile device interfaces

Mobile device gestures

A computing device can utilize a recognition mode wherein an interface utilizes graphical elements, such as virtual fireflies or other such elements, to indicate objects that are recognized or identified. As objects are recognized, fireflies perform one or more specified actions to indicate recognition. A ribbon or other user-selectable icon is displayed indicates a specific action that the device can perform with respect to the respective object. As additional objects are recognized, additional ribbons are created and older ribbons can be moved off screen and stored for subsequent retrieval or search. The fireflies disperse when the objects are no longer represented in captured sensor data, and can be animated to move towards representations of new objects as features of those objects are identified as potential object features, in order to communicate a level of recognition for a current scene or environment.

Recognition interfaces for computing devices

Providing content and/or functionality through a display of a locked computing device. Configuration data defined by a user or application vendor identifies the content and/or functionality to be made available. Upon receipt of the content, the computing device modifies the received content based on the configuration data and provides the modified content to the user through the display of the locked computing device. The computing device also interacts with the user in accordance with the functionality identified by the configuration data. In some embodiments, notifications about voice mail or electronic mail messages are displayed to the user through a locked touch screen display. Responsive to a finger tap or other user input, additional yet limited information relating to the notifications is displayed.

Providing selected data through a locked display

Systems and methods for providing a user interface for mobile devices enable data and services available through the mobile device to be represented as a set of tiles maintained in a display space. The tiles provide a snapshot of the current state of content available through the mobile device without requiring any interaction by the user. The tiles and display space are customizable and can be dynamically updated to display content to a user. In addition, tiles can provide functionality, including simple tasks to a user without requiring the user to navigate away from the tile display space. Tiles can also provide quick access to start software applications. Tiles can be organized in the display space by the user or the tiles can be automatically grouped based upon associated metadata.

Tile space user interface for mobile devices

The subject disclosure pertains to systems and methods for providing an improved user interface for mobile devices. Access to data and services from multiple software applications can be provided through a group or list of items. Each group or list can include multiple items, which can be associated with data or tasks from multiple applications. The set of groups of items can be both customizable and extensible to allow users to locate and utilize data and tasks relevant to the particular user. The set of item groups can provide users with a filtered view of content available through the mobile device, enhancing access to subset of data and tasks available on the mobile device.

Extensible, filtered lists for mobile device user interface

The subject disclosure pertains to systems and methods for providing a user interface for mobile devices. The user interface can include a search function that utilizes user input to search multiple software applications and data sources. Content can be retrieved and presented to a user without requiring the user to navigate to the underlying application or sources supplying the content. The applications or content sources can be local to the mobile device or remotely located, such as an Internet site. One or more types of data can be retrieved and presented to a user based upon the user input. Search results can be displayed and dynamically updated as additional user input is obtained.

Search interface for mobile devices

Graphic user interface for a display screen

User interface for a display screen

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