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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014
Filed:
May. 07, 2010
Applicant:
Brian Elgaard Bennett, Copenhagen, DK;
Inventor:
Brian Elgaard Bennett, Copenhagen, DK;
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0482 (2013.01);
Abstract
Information associated with an unavailable option is provided to a user upon detecting the user's interest in that option in a configuration environment or user interface control environment. The provided information may explain why the option is unavailable, what alternative options may be available, and which actions may be needed to render the option available. The user may be further enabled to unselect conflicting options or re-select among a subset of relevant options to render the unavailable option available without losing the context of the current selection screen.