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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:
Feb. 01, 2011

Filed:

Jun. 29, 2006
Applicants:

August DE Los Reyes, Bellevue, WA (US);

Paul E. Henderson, Bellevue, WA (US);

Steven Mcgrath, San Jose, CA (US);

Adrian M. Chandley, Sammamish, WA (US);

Allen Sayegh, Boston, MA (US);

Edith Ackermann, Cambridge, WA (US);

Inventors:

August de los Reyes, Bellevue, WA (US);

Paul E. Henderson, Bellevue, WA (US);

Steven McGrath, San Jose, CA (US);

Adrian M. Chandley, Sammamish, WA (US);

Allen Sayegh, Boston, MA (US);

Edith Ackermann, Cambridge, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Detailed herein is a technology which, among other things, provides a touch screen interface for computer system which allows intuitive switching between several applications. In one approach to this technology, a touch screen display is used to display an interface for an application. A touch sensitive border region is defined at the edge of this display, and is associated with another application. Receiving input at the touch sensitive border region causes the touch screen display to display the interface for the second application.


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