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Microsoft Corporation

Patrick Markus Baudisch

Kenneth Paul Hinckley

George G Robertson

Andrew David Wilson

Mary P Czerwinski

Daniel Chaim Robbins

Hrvoje Benko

Edward Bryan Cutrell

Desney S Tan

Raman Kumar Sarin

Brian R Meyers

Mark Jeffrey Stefik

Jock Douglas Mackinlay

Gregory Ray Smith

Maneesh Agrawala

Lance Everett Good

Paul J Stewart

Paul Stephen Hellyar

Polle Trescott Zellweger

Adam Clyde Eversole

Gonzalo A Ramos

Shengdong Zhao

Nathaniel S Good

Eric J Horvitz

Tovi Samuel Grossman

Michael Jack Sinclair

Steven Mark Drucker

John Charles Krumm

Billy P Chen

Xing Xie

Ravin Balakrishnan

Sumit Basu

Chong Wang

Greg R Smith

Darryl Yust

Sridhar Srinivasan

Richard S Szeliski

Joel Bernard Jacobs

Eric H Rudolph

Curtis Glenn Wong

Bongshin Lee

Alexander J Kolmykov-Zotov

Matthew Uyttendaele

Avi R Geiger

Mihai Costea

Drew Edward Steedly

Jonathan David Friedman

David Henry Wykes

Georg F Petschnigg

Thamer A Abanami

Steven J Ball

William A S Buxton

Michael Shilman

Elliot H Omiya

Rosanna H Ho

Frank Dominic Yerrace

Robert Warren Gruen

Mitchell K Rundle

Chris Pal

Annette Marie Crowley

Aidan M Delaney

Albert Yiu-So Shum

Dan Liebling

Stephen Smith

David F Huynh

Daniel Vogel

Francois V Guimbretiere

Heidi Lap Mun Lam

Raman Sarin

Edward B Cutrell

Daniel C Robbins

Gregory R Smith

A unique system and method is provided that facilitates pixel-accurate targeting with respect to multi-touch sensitive displays when selecting or viewing content with a cursor. In particular, the system and method can track dual inputs from a primary finger and a secondary finger, for example. The primary finger can control movement of the cursor while the secondary finger can adjust a control-display ratio of the screen. As a result, cursor steering and selection of an assistance mode can be performed at about the same time or concurrently. In addition, the system and method can stabilize a cursor position at a top middle point of a user's finger in order to mitigate clicking errors when making a selection.

Precise selection techniques for multi-touch screens

Systems and/or methods are provided that facilitates revealing assistance information associated with a user interface. An interface can obtain input information related to interactions between the interface and a user. In addition, the interface can output assistance information in situ with the user interface. Further, a decision component that determines the in situ assistance information output by the interface based at least in part on the obtained input information.

Self-revelation aids for interfaces

A system and method for managing software application windows in a graphical user interface having a desktop and taskbar display area are provided. Each instantiated program is represented as one or more graphical windows in the desktop and as a control tile in the taskbar. Control tiles are grouped into control tile groups that facilitate organization and single access control. Project control tile groups allow the grouping of multiple software applications. Additionally, minimized control tile group layout and state may be preserved and previewed prior to being restored.

System and method for managing software applications in a graphical user interface

Touch interaction with a curved display (e.g., a sphere, a hemisphere, a cylinder, etc.) is facilitated by preserving a predetermined orientation for objects. In an example embodiment, a curved display is monitored to detect a touch input on an object. If a touch input on an object is detected based on the monitoring, then one or more locations of the touch input are determined. The object may be manipulated responsive to the determined one or more locations of the touch input. While manipulation of the object is permitted, a predetermined orientation is preserved.

Touch interaction with a curved display

Touch interaction with a curved display (e.g., a sphere, a hemisphere, a cylinder, etc.) is enabled through various user interface (UI) features. In an example embodiment, a curved display is monitored to detect a touch input. If a touch input is detected based on the act of monitoring, then one or more locations of the touch input are determined. Responsive to the determined one or more locations of the touch input, at least one user UI feature is implemented. Example UI features include an orb-like invocation gesture feature, a rotation-based dragging feature, a send-to-dark-side interaction feature, and an object representation and manipulation by proxy representation feature.

A mapping application that returns results for a target location as a function of at least one nearby landmark. The one or more nearby landmarks can be selected based on an expected user familiarity with the landmark, a precision of the landmark and/or a spatial relationship of the landmark with respect to the target location. Although landmarks are an integral aspect of navigation, they have rarely been used within electronic navigation devices. Electronic navigation means for a mobile device or other devices can guide the user along a route using photographs of landmarks together with audio and text instructions that reference these landmarks. This can assist older users who often find their mobility hampered by declines in sensory, cognitive and motor abilities.

Location-to-landmark

A computer system and for displaying a static animation image in response to an action related to a displayed object that occurs on the computer system is presented. An initial state of the displayed object is determined with regard to the action. A final state of the displayed object with regard to the action is also determined. Transition aspects between the initial state and the final state are then determined. A static animation image is generated according to the initial state, the transition aspects, and the final state. The static animation image represents, in static form, an animation indicative of the action from the initial state to the final state of the displayed object. The static animation image is displayed on the graphical user interface in lieu of animation.

Representing animation as a static image on a graphical user interface

In an example embodiment, a method is adapted to tracking input with a device. The method includes an act of monitoring and acts of activating and displaying if a touch input is detected. The device has a first side and a second side, with the second side opposite the first side. The device has a display screen disposed on the first side, and a screen-reflective interface disposed on the second side. Respective positions on the screen-reflective interface correspond to respective locations of the display screen. The screen-reflective interface of the device is monitored. If a touch input is detected on the screen-reflective interface, the device performs acts of activating and displaying. Specifically, a tracking state is activated for the screen-reflective interface responsive to the detected touch input on the screen-reflective interface. The interface icon is displayed on the display screen to indicate that the tracking state has been activated.

Tracking input in a screen-reflective interface environment

The present invention is generally directed to assisting users to position a pointer on a target. Embodiments of the present invention provide a system, method, and computer-readable medium that guide a pointer toward a target. After the pointer is located on a target, pointer movement continues to be adjusted so that the user may easily keep the pointer located on the target.

System and method for acquiring a target with intelligent pointer movement

The system described herein facilitates multi-tasking in a computing environment. A focus area component defines a focus area within a display space&#x2014;the focus area occupying a subset area of the display space area. A scaling component scales display objects as a function of proximity to the focus area, and a behavior modification component modifies respective behavior of the display objects as a function their location of the display space. Thus, and more particularly the subject invention provides for interaction technique(s) and user interface(s) in connection with managing display objects on a display surface.

System and method that facilitates computer desktop use via scaling of displayed objects with shifts to the periphery

Architecture for providing feedback to a viewer and/or contributor on fashion and other personal appearance decisions that the contributor desires. The contributor uploads self images for viewing and rating (or voting) by viewers who choose provide an opinion on different fashion and/or cosmetic looks of the contributor. The contributor takes images show the contributor presented with a number (e.g., two) of different fashion choices. The snapshots can then be processed for upload to a website or other accessible location by one or more viewers. The viewers can cast a vote for one of the images by selecting the desired image, in response to which the viewer and/or contributor will be presented with overall statistics for that set of images as to how other viewers voted, as well as a next set of photos depicting the user in a different fashion and/or cosmetic choice. This process can continue until terminated.

Online personal appearance advisor

The claimed subject matter provides techniques to effectuate and facilitate efficient and flexible selection of display objects. The system can include devices and components that acquire gestures from pointing instrumentalities and thereafter ascertains velocities and proximities in relation to the displayed objects. Based at least upon these ascertained velocities and proximities falling below or within threshold levels, the system displays flags associated with the display object.

Handle flags

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