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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2004
Michael J Mccormack, Snohomish, WA (US);
Christopher W. Bryant, Seattle, WA (US);
Andrew R. Miller, Issaquah, WA (US);
Robert E Coggins, Bellevue, WA (US);
Scott T. Gardner, Seattle, WA (US);
Michael J McCormack, Snohomish, WA (US);
Christopher W. Bryant, Seattle, WA (US);
Andrew R. Miller, Issaquah, WA (US);
Robert E Coggins, Bellevue, WA (US);
Scott T. Gardner, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A user interface (UI) includes floating action buttons. Respective hot zones are established for associated respective UI elements. When a focus is targeting (e.g., located at) a given hot zone, one or more floating action buttons that are associated therewith are presented as part of the UI. Activation of a particular action button of the one or more floating action buttons causes an action corresponding to the particular action button to be implemented. In an example implementation, the actions available through the one or more floating action buttons may be context-sensitive such that the actions thereof are tailored to the type of item corresponding to the UI element (e.g., an icon, a graphical element, a text portion, a screen area, etc.).