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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2022
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Ravi Gupta, Seattle, WA (US);
Martin A. Mcclean, Seattle, WA (US);
Man Hei Julia Wong, Seattle, WA (US);
Peter E. Hammerqist, Shorline, WA (US);
Gabriel S. Martinez, Seattle, WA (US);
Colin Ray Anthony, Seattle, WA (US);
Srinivas Chakravarthula, Kirkland, WA (US);
Jeffrey Scott Petty, Seattle, WA (US);
Nithin Adapa, Seattle, WA (US);
Jason P. Howard, Magnolia, TX (US);
Hanna L. Mclaughlin, Seattle, WA (US);
Cindy Moline, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments discussed herein are directed to improving existing technologies by enabling users to share content items directly from an operating system component, with little to no user interface input requirements at the underlying communications application. For instance, some embodiments receive an indication that a mouse pointer is hovering over an operating system taskbar icon and automatically produce a flyout window so that a user can share a currently opened application page to other users via a selection of a button within the flyout window. Such application page may be shared via a single selection at the flyout window or an additional 'are you sure' or confirmation step. In this way, excessive drilling, navigation, and other user input at the application is reduced and simplified, thereby improving the user experience, content sharing accuracy, and computer resource consumption, among other improvements.