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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2009
Robert Levy, Seattle, WA (US);
Sarah Graham Williams, Seattle, WA (US);
Michael Cronin, Sammamish, WA (US);
Maxim Mazeev, Redmond, WA (US);
Bryan Beatty, Sammamish, WA (US);
Daniel Wigdor, Toronto, CA (US);
Robert Levy, Seattle, WA (US);
Sarah Graham Williams, Seattle, WA (US);
Michael Cronin, Sammamish, WA (US);
Maxim Mazeev, Redmond, WA (US);
Bryan Beatty, Sammamish, WA (US);
Daniel Wigdor, Toronto, CA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
The provision of visual responses to touch inputs is disclosed. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides a computing device comprising a touch-sensitive display, a processor in operative communication with the touch-sensitive display, and memory comprising instructions stored thereon that are executable by the processor to detect a touch input made via the touch-sensitive display, display on the touch-sensitive display a first visual response to the touch input indicating that the touch input was detected by the computing device, and if the touch input is made in a touch-interactive area on the touch-sensitive display, then to display a second visual response to the touch input indicating that the touch was made in the touch-interactive area of the display.