The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2003
Cornelis K. Van Dok, Bellevue, WA (US);
Richard M. Banks, Egham, GB;
Sean O. Blagsvedt, Seattle, WA (US);
Hillel Cooperman, Sammamish, WA (US);
Tjeerd S. Hoek, Kirkland, WA (US);
Mark R. Ligameri, Everett, WA (US);
Cornelis K. Van Dok, Bellevue, WA (US);
Richard M. Banks, Egham, GB;
Sean O. Blagsvedt, Seattle, WA (US);
Hillel Cooperman, Sammamish, WA (US);
Tjeerd S. Hoek, Kirkland, WA (US);
Mark R. Ligameri, Everett, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and computer program products for making real-time communication user interfaces less intrusive by automatically adjusting the user interfaces based on the user's level of interaction. An initial representation of a user interface for real-time communication is displayed and automatically adapted to the user's activity level based on user input directed to the user interface. For example, the initial representation may be automatically adjusted, either reduced or enlarged, to an intermediate representation, a larger representation, or a smaller representation. When a representation is reduced, a message may be displayed to indicate the reduced representation's location. For smaller representations, subsequently received real-time messages may be displayed adjacent to the smaller representation, at least for a predetermined time. The initial representation may display in a desktop bar that displays other user interfaces, such as for a calendar, etc. As the initial representation adjusts, these other representations may adjust as well.