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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2019
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Young Kim, Bellevue, WA (US);
James Alec Ishihara, Bellevue, WA (US);
Scott Schenone, Seattle, WA (US);
Ralf Groene, Kirkland, WA (US);
Filipp Demenschonok, Seattle, WA (US);
Michael Baum, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Examples are disclosed herein that relate to user input. One example provides a method comprising receiving user inputs from a user input device, monitoring a touch-sensitive display device for detection of a presence of the user input device via the touch-sensitive display device, when the user input device is detected by the touch-sensitive display device, utilizing a first user input mode in which a first user interface is displayed on the touch-sensitive display device at a location based upon a location of the input device on the touch-sensitive display device, and when the user input device is not detected by the touch-sensitive display device, utilizing a second user input mode in which a second user interface is displayed at a location on the touch-sensitive display device not based upon a location of the input device.