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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2021
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Kathryn Veronica Jean Sullivan, Redmond, WA (US);
Jonathan Seth Kaufthal, Seattle, WA (US);
Ian Dwyer Curry, Seattle, WA (US);
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
In various implementations, tools and features of productivity applications may be shared across companion devices to manipulate a document and/or application surfaced in a user interface of a primary device. The companion devices may synchronize state information to edit or otherwise interact with the document and/or application. For example, state information of a the document and/or application displayed in a user interface of the primary device may be shared with one or more companion devices, which in turn surface suggestions and/or tools curated based on the state information. A user may use the productivity tools to manipulate content of the document or otherwise interact with the application running on the primary device.