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Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2019

Filed:

Jan. 18, 2018
Applicant:

Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);

Inventors:

Rahul Dhaundiyal, Hyderabad, IN;

Harish Dhawan, Hyderabad, IN;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2019.01); G06F 17/21 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 9/451 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/212 (2013.01); G06F 3/012 (2013.01); G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 9/451 (2018.02); G06F 2203/04803 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and devices for selecting an application layout for presentation of an application on a display of a computer device may include receiving a request to use at least one application executing on the computer device. The methods and devices may include receiving user distance information that identifies a distance a user is from the computer device and calculating a viewing angle by a user of the at least one application based at least upon a screen size of the display and the user distance information. The methods and devices may include comparing the viewing angle to a viewing angle threshold value. The methods and devices may include automatically selecting an application layout from a plurality of predetermined application layouts associated with the at least one application and presenting the at least one application on the display using the application layout.


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