Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Nathan J E Furtwangler

Justin Rogers

Steven E Lucco

Miladin Pavlicic

Curtis Cheng-Cheng Man

Yong Qu

Travis Leithead

Reza A Nourai

Jacob Rossi

Jane T Kim

Christopher M Vaughan

Ronald Forbes

In at least some embodiments, input provided by a single source generates events representing multiple source types through a mapping process, e.g. a touch input generates both touch and mouse events. By configuring the system to not recognize certain gestures, messages associated with the events of the different source types are then interleaved and provided to an associated application for processing. Efficiencies are gained by configuring the system to interleave the messages associated with the source types because messages of one source type can be processed sooner than if the messages of the one source type were queued up and sent in a non-interleaved fashion.

Supporting different event models using a single input source

Various embodiments provide an interface between a Web browser's layout engine and a scripting engine. The interface enables objects from the layout engine to be recognized by a memory manager in the scripting engine and interact in a streamlined, efficient manner. In accordance with one or more embodiments, the interface allows browser layout engine objects to be created as objects that are native to the scripting engine. Alternately or additionally, in some embodiments, the native objects are further configured to proxy functionality between the layout engine and the scripting engine.

Interface definition language extensions

Security model for a layout engine and scripting engine

Binding between a layout engine and a scripting engine

Memory model for a layout engine and scripting engine

In one or more embodiments, a Web browser is configured to enable a user to open a new tab and, responsively, display one or more activities in a new tab page for the user. The user can then select, from the new tab page, one or more activities to be performed. In at least some embodiments, a user can select an object in a first tab page, open a new tab page, and select an activity on the new tab page that is to be performed relative to the selected object.

Displaying a user's default activities in a new tab page

Growing community of inventors

Seattle, WA, United States of America

Nathan J E Furtwangler