Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

The University of Western Ontario

Ryan Demopoulos

Moneta Ho Kushner

Christine C Stawitz

Matthew Jay Kotler

Jan-Kristian Markiewicz

Jeffrey Jon Weir

Gerrit H Hofmeester

Amish Patel

Stuart J Stuple

David Earl Washington

Andrew Russell Brauninger

Jennifer Marie Wolfe

Jennifer L Anderson

Robert Bryce Johnson

Brett Humphrey

Kelly Marie Renner

Christine Stawitz

Maia Hoeberechts

Rachel Shelva Nizhnikov

Michael Katchabaw

The perceivability of user interface elements of a graphical user interface can be defined as a selection along a range. At one end of the range, a combination of settings for the graphical user interface allows for a highly-detailed user interface; at another end of the range, a combination of settings provides a graphical user interface having the highest perceivability. The high perceivability may include high contrast, but also may provide other user interface settings to address accessibility issues for an end user. The combination of settings can include attributes affecting the background, transparency, borders and text legibility. The selected combination of settings either sets, overrides or limits values for these attributes of user interface elements during rendering.

Personalizing perceivability settings of graphical user interfaces of computers

A system and method for implementing an efficient and easy to user interface for a touch screen device. A cursor may be placed by a user using simple inputs. The device operates places the cursor coarsely and refines the cursor placement upon further input from the user. Text may be selected using a gripper associated with the cursor. The user interface allows text selection without occluding the text being selected with the user's finger or the gripper. For selecting text in a multi-line block of text, a dynamic safety zone is implemented to simplify text selection for the user.

Explicit touch selection and cursor placement

In embodiments of a password reveal selector, a password entry box is displayed for input of password characters of a password, and the password entry box includes a password reveal selector for user-selection to reveal the password. The password reveal selector is initially concealed from view when the password entry box is displayed. The password characters can be received in the password entry box and the password characters are obfuscated when displayed. The password reveal selector can then be displayed for user-selection according to a selector display condition.

Password reveal selector

Techniques for wrapped content interaction are described. In implementations, scrolling instrumentalities are employed that enable wrapped content to be navigated via various types of input, such as mouse input, keyboard input, touch input, and so on. Examples of wrapped content include a wrapped list of items, a wrapped document, a wrapped web page, and so on. Interaction with wrapped content that is initiated within a window in which the wrapped content is displayed can proceed outside the visual bounds of the window such that the content can be scrolled as looped content.

Wrapped content interaction

In embodiments of a text box clearing selector, a text box is displayed for character entry in a user interface, and the text box includes a text box clearing selector for user-selection to clear the text box. The text box clearing selector is initially concealed from view when the text box is displayed. Character entries can be received in the text box, and the text box clearing selector can then be displayed according to a selector display condition.

Text box clearing selector

An apparatus, method and system for generating music in real time are provided. A pipeline for coordinating generation of a musical piece is created. At least one producer is loaded into the pipeline, the at least one producer for producing at least one high level musical element of the musical piece, independent of other producers in the pipeline. At least one generator is called by the at least one producer, the at least one generator for generating at least one low level music element of the musical piece. The at least one low level musical element and the at least one high level musical element are integrated, such that the musical piece is generated in real time.

Flexible music composition engine

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Bellevue, WA, United States of America

Ryan Demopoulos