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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2014
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Christopher Doan, Seattle, WA (US);
Matthew Isaac Worley, Bellevue, WA (US);
Miron Vranjes, Seattle, WA (US);
Steven James Frederickson, Seattle, WA (US);
Nils Anders Sundelin, Duvall, WA (US);
Oliver Ross Prosser Jones, Seattle, WA (US);
Richard Fang, Bellevue, WA (US);
Richard Zarick, Seattle, WA (US);
Jeremy Monroe Bowen, Renton, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Systems, methods, computer storage media, and graphical user interfaces (GUIs) are provided for combined switching and placement of windows based on a single action. The single action may be moving an element to a hot spot or a snap portion of a display area. In response to the single action, an element is automatically launched, repositioned according to a snap portion or a hot spot that recognized the element, and opened, and a view is automatically switched to a view of at least the element.