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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2013
Applicant:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0486 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 3/0483 (2013.01); G06F 40/166 (2020.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0486 (2013.01); G06F 3/0483 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06F 40/166 (2020.01); G06F 2203/04805 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a first step of a two step content selection operation, initial content can be selected by detecting movement of a content selection object with respect to a computing device. The selection area can be calculated based on the object movement that is detected. The content within the selection area can be selected and displayed in a second display area overlaying the original content. The initial content can be copied into the second display area. All or part of the initial content can be enlarged, enabling the second step of the selection operation in which a subset of the initial content is selected.