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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:
Sep. 08, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2017
Applicant:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0489 (2013.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 40/166 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04812 (2013.01); G06F 3/018 (2013.01); G06F 3/0219 (2013.01); G06F 3/04892 (2013.01); G06F 40/166 (2020.01);
Abstract
Systems, methods, and computer-executable instructions for indicating a text direction are disclosed. Operations for indicating a text direction may include determining an insertion point in a bidirectional document. A keyboard layout at the insertion point is determined. A visual characteristic for a cursor, that indicates a text direction of the first keyboard layout, is selected based upon the keyboard layout. A cursor with the visual characteristics is displayed.