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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.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2020

Filed:

Jun. 27, 2017
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Ritika Kapadia, Newcastle, WA (US);

Michael John Patten, Sammamish, WA (US);

Sean Obafemi Lyndersay, Sammamish, WA (US);

Melissa S. Kerr, Seattle, WA (US);

Sean Gary Nordberg, Bellevue, WA (US);

Marty Joseph Hall, Seattle, WA (US);

Mark Yalovsky, Seattle, WA (US);

Paula J. Chuchro, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06T 13/80 (2011.01); G06F 3/0483 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06F 16/957 (2019.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06F 17/27 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0483 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06F 16/957 (2019.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06T 13/80 (2013.01); H04L 67/02 (2013.01); G06F 17/27 (2013.01);
Abstract

Various embodiments utilize context positioning of an input mechanism to convey at least one action associated with the input mechanism. At times, the input mechanism is associated with multiple actions. Input received via at the input mechanism can be analyzed to determine which action of the multiple actions to perform. In some embodiments, the input mechanism can be physically and/or visually moved to a different location based upon the determined action.


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