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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2022
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Taylor Alexis Guerra, Seattle, WA (US);
Diane M. Shambaugh, Seattle, WA (US);
Alyssa N. P. Ricken, Seattle, WA (US);
Hariharan Ragunathan, Woodinville, WA (US);
Kyle Matthew Miller, Lynnwood, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
In examples, a notification is presented to a user of a computing device (e.g., based on identifying a trigger associated with a current context or as a result of receiving a push notification). The notification includes notification content and a dismiss user interface (UI) control, which indicates a status of an auto-dismiss timer associated with the notification. If user interaction associated with the notification is identified, the auto-dismiss timer may be paused. The user may actuate the notification to perform an associated action or may actuate the dismiss UI control to manually dismiss the notification (e.g., prior to expiration of the auto-dismiss timer). The notification may further include a snooze UI control, which, when actuated, may snooze the notification and/or future notifications. Thus, such aspects may offer an improved and consistent user experience for notifications associated with an application, a group of applications, or an operating system, among other examples.