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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2021
Filed:
May. 20, 2019
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Mark I. Rubinstein, Bellevue, WA (US);
Mark Robert Swift, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Xiaoyue Wang, Bellevue, WA (US);
Michael Brasket, Redmond, WA (US);
Thaddeus A. Scott, Kirkland, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
The techniques disclosed herein provide a contextual toolset for use in canvases of collaboration applications. The techniques also provide smart hooks for pinning tools to specific locations on content opened in a canvas. The contextual toolset may include tools specific to an application opened in a canvas and/or tools for implementing the functionality of external applications. The smart hooks maintain linkages between an instance of tool usage and an object in a file or other content. The linkages maintain the tool in the same location relative to the object even if the object is moved. Instances of external applications opened in a canvas may be presented in a dedicated user interface region that passes data to and from the external application.