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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2013
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Morgan Kolya Venable, San Francisco, CA (US);
Bernard James Kerr, Sausalito, CA (US);
Vaibhav Thukral, Kirkland, WA (US);
David Nister, Bellevue, WA (US);
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments are disclosed herein that relate to selecting user interface elements via a periodically updated position signal. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides a method comprising displaying on a graphical user interface a representation of a user interface element and a representation of an interactive target. The method further comprises receiving an input of coordinates of the periodically updated position signal, and determining a selection of the user interface element if a motion interaction of the periodically updated position signal with the interactive target meets a predetermined motion condition.