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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2015
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Bradley Neville Cotier, London, GB;
Catalin Nicolae Doroftei, Iasi, RO;
Jarnail Singh Chudge, Reading, GB;
Matthew Robin Farmer, Fareham, GB;
Michael James Belfield Parker, Farnborough, GB;
Robert John Wilcox, Twyford, GB;
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Space interaction (SI) functionality is described herein for assisting a user in interacting with a space without unduly distracting the user. The SI functionality includes an application interface module that presents information and/or exposes functionality within a plurality of workspaces. Each workspace has a determined spatial relationship with respect to other workspaces. Further, the application interface module may detect and respond to various gestures, by which the user may move among workspaces and interact with menus and other information that are presented in those workspaces. The user's interaction with these workspaces and menus may be supplemented by various sounds generated by a sound generation module, and/or various haptic cues (e.g., vibration cues) generated by a haptic cue generation module.