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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2016
Applicant:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Annie Y. Bai, Seattle, WA (US);
Ruth Kikin-Gil, Bellevue, WA (US);
Derek V. Snook, Redmond, WA (US);
Han-Yi Shaw, Redmond, WA (US);
Maya Rodrig, Seattle, WA (US);
Kara Fong, Redmond, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 3/0485 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0485 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01);
Abstract
A user input is detected that triggers a contextual command bar to be surfaced. A commanding context, in an application that the user has open, is identified and a set of commands to be surfaced in the contextual command bar is identified, based upon the context. The identified set of commands is surfaced on the contextual command bar for user interaction.