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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:
Dec. 14, 2021

Filed:

Jan. 30, 2020
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Christian Klein, Duvall, WA (US);

Ryan Pendlay, Bellevue, WA (US);

Lauren Edelmeier, Seattle, WA (US);

Peter Hammerquist, Shoreline, WA (US);

Christoffer Peter Hart Hansen, Seattle, WA (US);

David Carl Naber, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/451 (2018.01); G09G 5/14 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 11/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/451 (2018.02); G06F 1/1616 (2013.01); G06F 11/3476 (2013.01); G09G 5/14 (2013.01);
Abstract

A foldable computing device is disclosed that is configured to determine a user interface (UI) component rendering mode based on content occlusion and a prediction of user intent. The foldable computing device is configured to increase, maintain, or reduce prominence of a UI component based whether and where the UI component occludes an underlying application window or other existing UI. The foldable device may also determine an existing UI component's rendering mode based on an anticipated location of an application window associated with an application that was just launched. Furthermore, the foldable device may predict what a user is going to do with the application window, including causing any future occlusion, and adjust the UI component's rendering mode accordingly.


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