Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Microsoft Corporation

Jackson Fish Market, LLC

Microsoft Corporated

Jenny T Lam

Greg S Melander

Paul Alexander Gusmorino, Iii

Mark R Ligameri

Robert Kenneth Stein, Iii

Bryan Pieratt

Adrienne E O'Donnell

Michael A LaJoie

Robert Ward Massa

Luciana Bordallo Misura

Charles W Stabb

Thomas Draper

Lynn M Muranaka

Judson Craig Hally

Angela K Butcher

Cathelijne Bertels

Charles Cummins

Orry Wijanarko Soegiono

Jeffrey Jon Weir

Tjeerd Hoek

Marieke Iwema Watson

Michael Jay Gilmore

Martijn Eldert Van Tilburg

Michael Curato

Talos Shu-Ming Tsui

Denise Michele Trabona

Patrice Lynn Miner

David George De Vorchik

Stephan Hoefnagels

Benjamin N Truelove

Aaron Wesley Cunningham

Shawna Swanson

Michael Anthony Martinez

Christina Szi-Gia Chen

Kieran M Phelan

Jason Fergus Moore

Relja Ivanovic

Richard M Banks

Kanwal Vedbrat

Manuel Christian Clement

Lindsey R Barcheck

Cornelis K Van Dok

David Andrew Matthews

Michael James Hone

Colin Ray Anthony

Richard Malcolm Banks

Tyler Kien Beam

Corey Bryant Marion

Hillel Noah Cooperman

Robert F Day

Walter R Smith

Jan Thomas Miksovsky

Russell Scott Randall

William Mak

Raymond J Chen

Isaac A Sheldon

Anthony John Piraino

Dana Nunnelly

Gregory Scott Matthews Melander

Kam VedBrat

Dave A Brasgalla

An audiovisual recording of a user reading a book aloud is generated for playback with a virtual book. A book reading user interface presents a virtual book concurrently with a current image of the user. The virtual book may be presented based at least in part on an aspect ratio of the virtual book. As the user reads the virtual book aloud, an audiovisual recording of the user is generated. In addition, synchronization information is recorded that enables the audiovisual recording to be synchronized with the presentation of pages of the virtual book during playback. The generated audiovisual recording is stored in a database and may be played back to a recipient on demand.

Audiovisual record of a user reading a book aloud for playback with a virtual book

A graphical user interface is provided that has two distinct sections. A first area has an array of menu items. When a menu item is hovered over by a pointer, an icon such as a contextually-related animated icon is displayed on a second area and changes its appearance in such a way as to indicate to the user the location of the pointer and/or the consequence of selecting that menu item.

User interface menu with hovering icons

Display screen with an icon

Icon for a portion of a display screen

A method and system are provided for displaying icons in accordance with user preferences. The method includes providing a user with a size selection mechanism for selecting an icon size from a range of sizes. The method additionally includes searching a set of stored resources related to the underlying file and generating the icon in the selected size based upon the stored resources. The method may additionally include selecting an icon type including one of an image icon, a detail icon and a generic icon based on at least one of the user's size selection and the represented file. Furthermore, the icon display system of the invention positions labels and overlays in the vicinity of the icon based upon the selected size of the icon.

Scaling icons for representing files

The features described herein are directed to a method and system for use in a computing environment for representing files stored in stacks by using a stack icon. The stack icon may include multiple thumbnail images as top elements, and may use common characteristics among the files to define the appearance of the stack. The system may also use metadata or file characteristics (e.g., time of last edit, size, etc.) to identify one file for top representation in the stack icon. The system may additionally include an empty stack icon, a generic stack icon, property based icons, and custom thumbnail icons.

Stack icons representing multiple objects

The present invention is directed to a method and system for use in a computing environment for representing files stored in stacks. The method includes providing a set of stack icons, each icon in the set having a stack height representing a range of stack sizes. The method additionally includes determining a stack size for a selected stack and selecting and displaying an appropriate stack icon from the set of stack icons based on the determined stack size. The selected stack may be stored within one of multiple libraries. Accordingly a distinct set of icons relevant to each library may be stored for each library. The icons may visibly convey information pertaining to the relevant library. Accordingly, the method may include representing a selected stack by determining an appropriate library and an appropriate stack height and displaying a corresponding icon. The system may additionally include an empty stack icon, a generic stack icon, property based icons, and custom thumbnail icons.

System and method for displaying stack icons

Background image for a portion of a display screen

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Jenny T Lam