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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2012
David W. Flynt, Lake Forest Park, WA (US);
Bryan T. Agnetta, Seattle, WA (US);
Sally Louise Barton, Seattle, WA (US);
Eduardo Escardo-raffo, Seattle, WA (US);
Tirthankar Sengupta, Sammamish, WA (US);
Peter G. Chin, Seattle, WA (US);
Hok-sum Horace Luke, Mercer Island, WA (US);
David W. Flynt, Lake Forest Park, WA (US);
Bryan T. Agnetta, Seattle, WA (US);
Sally Louise Barton, Seattle, WA (US);
Eduardo Escardo-Raffo, Seattle, WA (US);
Tirthankar Sengupta, Sammamish, WA (US);
Peter G. Chin, Seattle, WA (US);
Hok-Sum Horace Luke, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for providing a user interface for mobile devices enable data and services available through the mobile device to be represented as a set of tiles maintained in a display space. The tiles provide a snapshot of the current state of content available through the mobile device without requiring any interaction by the user. The tiles and display space are customizable and can be dynamically updated to display content to a user. In addition, tiles can provide functionality, including simple tasks to a user without requiring the user to navigate away from the tile display space. Tiles can also provide quick access to start software applications. Tiles can be organized in the display space by the user or the tiles can be automatically grouped based upon associated metadata.