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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2008
Jan-kristian Markiewicz, Redmond, WA (US);
Jason Silvis, Bellevue, WA (US);
Adrian Garside, Sammamish, WA (US);
Leroy B. Keely, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Manuel Clement, Bellevue, WA (US);
Jan-Kristian Markiewicz, Redmond, WA (US);
Jason Silvis, Bellevue, WA (US);
Adrian Garside, Sammamish, WA (US);
Leroy B. Keely, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Manuel Clement, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Computer-readable media, computerized methods, and computer systems for intuitively surfacing a teaching animation that demonstrates a manual gesture recognized by a writing-pad tool are provided. Initially, the writing-pad tool is interrogated to determine a context of a computing environment associated with a touchscreen interface. Generally, determining includes recognizing a current condition of the writing-pad tool based on whether text is provided within a content-entry area generated thereby, ascertaining whether a focus of a cursor tool resides within the content-entry area based on whether a portion of the text is selected, and ascertaining which actions are available for invocation at the writing-pad tool based on the current condition and the focus of the cursor. The context of the computing environment is utilized to identify which teaching animations to promote to an active state. Typically the promoted teaching animations are associated with the actions ascertained as available for invocation.