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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2017
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Bryan K. Mamaril, Seattle, WA (US);
Matthias Baer, Seattle, WA (US);
Gregory A. Howard, Kirkland, WA (US);
Jonathan M. Cain, Seattle, WA (US);
Isaiah Ng, Bellevue, WA (US);
Jack B. Gerrits, Redmond, WA (US);
Kiran Kumar, Redmond, WA (US);
Jessica Bourgade, Redmond, WA (US);
Michael C. Hilsdale, Issaquah, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A system for generating proximal menus described herein can include a processor to detect a location of a touch gesture on a display device coupled to the system. The processor can also determine a proximal menu is to be displayed at the location of the touch gesture and populate the proximal menu with at least one feature corresponding to a ring of an operating system. Furthermore, the processor can display the proximal menu with the at least one feature within an executed application.