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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2007
Daniel L. Poling, Jr., Woodinville, WA (US);
Frederic Azera, Kirkland, WA (US);
Jeffrey C. Fong, Seattle, WA (US);
Michael W. Van Flandern, Seattle, WA (US);
Christen Coomer, Seattle, WA (US);
John Elsbree, Bellevue, WA (US);
Daniel L. Poling, Jr., Woodinville, WA (US);
Frederic Azera, Kirkland, WA (US);
Jeffrey C. Fong, Seattle, WA (US);
Michael W. Van Flandern, Seattle, WA (US);
Christen Coomer, Seattle, WA (US);
John Elsbree, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A discovery interface facilitates the selection of available media content. Content-relevant graphical tiles are displayed in strips within the discovery interface. In this manner, a user can survey graphics associated with available content. When the discovery interface section (e.g., a row) is in focus, the graphical tiles are expanded as compared to the tiles in sections that are not in focus to provide easier viewing by the user. Furthermore, when an individual tile is in focus, then the tile expands further to be wider and taller than any of the other tiles in the associated tile strip. In one implementation, the focused tile is also highlighted, such as with a distinguishing border. In another implementation, metadata associated with the content of the focused tile is displayed in the proximity of the focused tile.