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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2013
Applicant:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventor:
James Andrew Canitz, Kirkland, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/167 (2013.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a user interface narrator may repurpose a data retrieval eventto narrate user interface itemsnot under input control focus. The user interface narrator may use a narration controlof an operating systemto vocalize a user interface. The user interface narrator may execute an application task outside of an input control focus. The user interface narrator may receive a repurposed data retrieval eventfor an application binary interfaceof the operating systemto alert a narration controlof a task event for the application task.