Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Microsoft Corporation

Niels Van Dongen

Andrew John Fuller

Kieran M Phelan

Michael George Lenahan

Paul Armistead Hoover

Alex Anthony Tursi

Emily K Rimas-Ribikauskas

Matthew P Rhoten

Dustin Hubbard

Bennett Wilson Hornbostel

Vincent Y Celie

Curt Andrew Steeb

Juan J Perez

Christopher Allen Schoppa

Dahey Yoo

William Hong Vong

Kristie E Smith

Ryan M Cavalcante

Tarek Mahmoud Sayed

Randy Knight Winjum

Gerardo Villarreal Guzman

Ian Robert Toal

Timothy Andrew McAdoo

Soonil J Nagarkar

Victoria Kruse

Manuel Christian Clement

Jonathan Eric Gleasman

Michael H LaManna

Jeffrey Neil Margolis

Mark D Schwesinger

John E Elsbree

Daryl Tanghe

Samuel J Moreau

Gregory H Parks

Seiya Ohta

Daniel J Polivy

Michael C Miller

Sriram Viji

Sears Young

Guillaume Simonnet

Anthony R Young

Richard J Swaney

Spencer I A N Hurd

Evan J Lerer

R Scott Randall

Erika Carlson

Kristie Eileen Smith

Joseph Michael Downing

Spencer Ian Hurd

John Elsbree

Described is a technology by which routing of data may be automatically modified based on detected state data of a computing system. For example, user input may be routed from an actuator set to a host computer system when the host computer system is in an online state, or to an auxiliary computing device when the host computer system is offline. State may be determined based on one or more various criteria, such as online or offline, laptop lid position, display orientation, current communication and/or other criteria. The auxiliary display and/or actuator set may be embedded in the host computer system, or each may be separable from it or standalone, such as a remote control or cellular phone.

State-based auxiliary display operation

Access to system and application settings may be gained from one place without leaving the context of an application. System and application settings accessed may be limited to settings that are relevant to the application or to the context of the application. An application may to determine what application settings are displayed to a user. A user may to control some of the resources an application may access.

Access to contextually relevant system and application settings

Access to system and application settings may be gained from one place without leaving the context of an application. System and application settings accessed may be limited to settings that are relevant to the application or to the context of the application. An application may determine what application settings are displayed to a user. A user may to control some of the resources an application may access.

Display screen with icon

Display screen with graphical user interface

Display screen with icon group and display screen with icon set

Content gestures are described. In implementations, one or more controls are output to control output of content and for display in a user interface by a computing device. An input is recognized, by the computing device, which was detected using a camera as a gesture to interact with a particular one of the controls to control the output of the content.

Content gestures

Described is a technology by which the operation of an auxiliary computing device, comprising a display and/or actuator set, may be automatically modified based on detected state data. For example, user input may be routed from the actuator set to the host computer system when the host computer system is in an online state, or to the auxiliary computing device when the host computer system is offline. State may be determined based on one or more various criteria, such as online or offline, laptop lid position, display orientation, current communication and/or other criteria. The auxiliary display and/or actuator set may be embedded in the host computer system, or each may be separable from it or standalone, such as a remote control or cellular phone.

Display screen with transitional user interface

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Niels Van Dongen