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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2020
Left rail corresponding icon for launching apps within the context of a personal information manager
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Corina Arama, Bellevue, WA (US);
Fernanda Mendes Richnak, Redmond, WA (US);
Jonathan Jay Cadiz, Bellevue, WA (US);
Weina Xie, Redmond, WA (US);
William Ritter Avery, Redmond, WA (US);
Lingnan Becker, Bellevue, WA (US);
Erin Woo, New York, NY (US);
Garett Yoshiharu Sakamoto, Newcastle, WA (US);
Jonathan David Butler, Seattle, WA (US);
Jin Ma, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Systems and method are directed to launching an application from a rail located within a user interface of a personal information manager application. More specifically, a display of a first user interface of a first application may be rendered at a display device, where the first user interface includes a rail populated with a plurality of icons representing a plurality of applications. At least one of the plurality of icons may be selected and a second application may be determined based on the selected icon. Based upon the selection of the icon, a display of a second user interface may be rendered within a portion of the first user interface.