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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2008

Filed:

Mar. 21, 2003
Applicants:

Ryan James D'aurelio, Seattle, WA (US);

John Eric Elsbree, Redmond, WA (US);

Jay Senior, Seattle, WA (US);

Inventors:

Ryan James D'Aurelio, Seattle, WA (US);

John Eric Elsbree, Redmond, WA (US);

Jay Senior, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/163 (2006.01); G06F 13/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method, interface, and medium are provided for causing a computer to respond to input based on the source of the input. The computer responds to identical input according to a device that generated the input. The method includes determining information about a receiving component that received the data and using that information to determine the source of input. The source of data input is coupled with the input to initiate a response by the computer. The response can be tailored to how the data was received.


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