Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Tirthankar Sengupta

Shawna Julie Davis

Peter G Chin

Hok-Sum Horace Luke

Timothy S Paek

Eric Norman Badger

David W Flynt

Donald Allen Barnett

Bryan Todd Agnetta

Itai Almog

Veronica Y Law

Ahmad Bilal

Parthasarathy Sundararajan

Drew Elliott Linerud

Kathryn C Lemson

Shamik Bandyopadhyay

Kenneth R Walters

Divya Tyamagundlu

Andrew Douglas Peterson

Sally Louise Barton

Vikram Kapoor

Eduardo L Escardo-Raffo

Peter Gregory Davis

Benjamin Franklin Carter

Priyanka Singhal

Michael J Connolly

Liang Jeff Chen

Matthias Baer

Jeffrey Cheng-Yao Fong

Ryan T Bickel

Sogol Malekzadeh

Christopher Acker

Alejandro Steckler

Apparatus and methods are disclosed for providing feedback and guidance to touch screen device users to improve the text entry user experience and performance. According to one embodiment, a method comprises receiving a text entry, receiving input on a touch screen in the form of a first single touch input located over a word of previously entered text, and presenting the user with one or more suggestion candidates indicated possible replacement words related to the selected word. The user can then select one of the suggestion candidates using a second single touch input to replace the selected word with a word associated with the selected suggestion candidate.

Typing assistance for editing

Apparatus and methods are disclosed for allowing smart phone users to 'capture the moment' by allowing easy access to a camera application when a mobile device is in an above-lock (or locked) mode, while also preventing unauthorized access to other smart phone functionality. According to one embodiment of the disclosed technology, a method of operating a mobile device having an above-lock state and a below-lock state comprises receiving input data requesting invocation of an camera application when the mobile device is in the above-lock state and invoking the requested camera application on the device, where one or more functions of the requested application are unavailable as a result of the mobile device being in the above-lock state.

Above-lock camera access

A pointer tool in a touch-screen display is disclosed. The method includes activating a pointer tool in a touch screen display in response to contact with an area of the touch screen and persisting the displaying of the pointer tool in the touch screen display after the contact with the touch screen is removed. Once editing data is received, the pointer tool is removed from the touch screen display.

Pointer tool with touch-enabled precise placement

Card applets associated with an electronic wallet are activated and deactivated based on user-defined rules. Based on the rules and a device state, a card emulation state and card applet states are modified to enable or disable completion of transactions. The transactions are between a computing device and a reader such as a point-of-sale terminal. In some embodiments, a user designates a plurality of the card applets as fast cards capable of completing a transaction via near-field communication (NFC) interaction without user input at a time of the transaction.

User-configurable activation of card applets

Systems and methods for providing a user interface for mobile devices enable data and services available through the mobile device to be represented as a set of tiles maintained in a display space. The tiles provide a snapshot of the current state of content available through the mobile device without requiring any interaction by the user. The tiles and display space are customizable and can be dynamically updated to display content to a user. In addition, tiles can provide functionality, including simple tasks to a user without requiring the user to navigate away from the tile display space. Tiles can also provide quick access to start software applications. Tiles can be organized in the display space by the user or the tiles can be automatically grouped based upon associated metadata.

Tile space user interface for mobile devices

The described embodiments allow for the selection of content in a touch screen display. The method includes detecting a single tap on a word of text in a text editing field in a touch screen, and responsive to the single tap selecting the word of text in whole. In another embodiment additional content can be selected. Contact with selected content displayed in a touch screen can be detected. The contact with the touch screen can be detected moving in a direction along the selected content. Additional content is selected by selecting a word of text adjacent to the selected content being contacted.

Easy word selection and selection ahead of finger

Display screen with graphical user interface

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Redmond, WA, United States of America

Tirthankar Sengupta