Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Gerrit H Hofmeester

Jan-Kristian Markiewicz

Seung Yang

Jonathan Eric Gleasman

Orry Wijanarko Soegiono

Jeffrey Jon Weir

Leslie Macneil

Moneta K Ho Kushner

Finbarr Duggan

James Lee

Maverick J Velasco

Holger Kuehnle

Jon Gabriel Clapper

David Earl Washington

Vasudha Chandrasekaran

Theresa B Pittappilly

Jennifer Marie Wolfe

Daryl Tanghe

Paul J Kwiatkowski

Ross Nathaniel Luengen

Robert Disano

Rebecca J Deutsch

Nicholas Randall Waggoner

William D Carr

Kieran M Phelan

Jesse Clay Satterfield

Matthew Jay Kotler

Chaitanya Dev Sareen

Bret P Anderson

Nils Anders Sundelin

Matthew Isaac Worley

Amish Patel

Jeremy S Knudsen

Lisa Carolyn Cherian

Stuart J Stuple

Benjamin Salim Srour

Chantal M Leonard

Alton Kwok

Andrew Russell Brauninger

Adam Edward Barrus

Ryan Demopoulos

Brian S LeVee

Jen Anderson

Leslie Christine MacNeil

Gary Sherman

Jennifer L Anderson

Karen K Wong

John C Whytock

Daniel L Odell

Kuei-Chih Sun

Moneta Ho Kushner

Maxim Oustiogov

Caitlin Kehoe

Erik De Bonte

Martin Mladenovski

Kamil Umut Sargut

Robin Ghi-Hao Lim

Derek Scott Armstrong McNeill

Jan-Kristian Markiewiez

Ji Gao

Jon Grabriel Clapper

Semantic zoom techniques are described. In one or more implementations, techniques are described that may be utilized by a user to navigate to content of interest. These techniques may also include a variety of different features, such as to support semantic swaps and zooming 'in' and “out.” These techniques may also include a variety of different input features, such as to support gestures, cursor-control device, and keyboard inputs. A variety of other features are also supported as further described in the detailed description and figures.

Semantic zoom animations

Semantic zoom techniques are described. In one or more implementations, techniques are described that may be utilized by a user to navigate to content of interest. These techniques may also include a variety of different features, such as to support semantic swaps and zooming 'in' and 'out.' These techniques may also include a variety of different input features, such as to support gestures, cursor-control device, and keyboard inputs. A variety of other features are also supported as further described in the detailed description and figures.

Techniques involving selective modification of keyboard presentation and functionality. A commanding mode is selectively activated on a virtual keyboard. Activating the commanding mode attributes commands to respective individual keys of the virtual keyboard. Also in response to the commanding mode, indicia suggestive of the command is presented on those individual keys to which the commands were attributed. The commands can be executed in an application in response to selection of the respective individual keys when in commanding mode.

Dynamic command presentation and key configuration for keyboards

Application closing techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a computing device recognizes an input as involving selection of an application displayed in a display environment by the computing device and subsequent movement of a point of the selection toward an edge of the display environment. Responsive to the recognizing of the input, the selected application is closed by the computing device.

Closing applications

Various embodiments provide self-revealing gestures that are designed to provide an indication of how to perform one or more different gestures. In at least one embodiment, an initiation gesture is received, relative to an object. The initiation gesture is configured to cause presentation of a visualization designed to provide an indication of how to perform a different gesture. Responsive to receiving the initiation gesture, the visualization is presented without causing performance of an operation associated with the different gesture.

Self-revealing gesture

A system and method for implementing an efficient and easy to user interface for a touch screen device. A cursor may be placed by a user using simple inputs. The device operates places the cursor coarsely and refines the cursor placement upon further input from the user. Text may be selected using a gripper associated with the cursor. The user interface allows text selection without occluding the text being selected with the user's finger or the gripper. For selecting text in a multi-line block of text, a dynamic safety zone is implemented to simplify text selection for the user.

Explicit touch selection and cursor placement

Display screen with graphical user interface

Various embodiments related to assigning z-order to a plurality of user interface elements are disclosed. One disclosed embodiment provides a method of assigning a z-ordering to a user interface element displayed on a multi-user interactive display based upon an interaction state of the user interface element, the interaction state being dependent upon how a user interacts with the user interface element. The method comprises detecting a change in the interaction state of the user interface element. If the change is an initiation of a movement of the user interface element on the display, the user interface element is moved to a first predetermined position within the z-ordering. If the change is an initiation of a user interaction with content contained within the user interface element, the user interface element is moved to a second predetermined position within the z-ordering.

Assigning Z-order to user interface elements

Cross slide gestures for touch displays are described. In at least some embodiments, cross slide gestures can be used on content that pans or scrolls in one direction, to enable additional actions, such as content selection, drag and drop operations, and the like. In one or more embodiments, a cross slide gesture can be performed by dragging an item or object in a direction that is different from a scrolling direction. The different-direction drag can be mapped to additional actions or functionality. In one or more embodiments, one or more thresholds can be utilized, such as a distance threshold, in combination with the different-direction drag, to map to additional actions or functionality.

Cross-slide gesture to select and rearrange

Display screen with animated graphical user interface

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Gerrit H Hofmeester