Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Robert F Keohane

Jesse Clay Satterfield

Sander M Viegers

Nerea Armendariz

Jennifer L Sadler

Xiaogang Yang

Maria M Cameron

Richard Hank Leukart

Sangram Salunkhe

Cheryl L Williams

Stephen D Jensen

Portion of a display screen with graphical user interface

An improved user interface is provided for allowing the application of two properties or pieces of metadata to an object with a single user action. A two-dimensional radial menu (user interface) is provided. The radial menu is a generally pie-shaped user interface that is divided into two or more slices associated with two or more corresponding types of a first property that may be applied to a selected object. The menu is further divided to two or more circular sections so that each slice of the pie-shaped radial menu is further divided into two or more sections. Each circular section is associated with a type of a second property that may be applied to the object. By selection of a given section in a given slice of the radial menu, one type of the first property associated with the given slice and a one type of the second property associated with the given circular section of the slice are applied to the selected object with a single user action.

Two-dimensional radial user interface for computer software applications

User interface for a portion of a display screen

Transitional image for a portion of a display screen

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Redmond, WA, United States of America

Robert F Keohane