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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2012
Nathan Gunderson, Seattle, WA (US);
Alexander Darrow, Seattle, WA (US);
Zhaoqing MA, Sammamish, WA (US);
Punit Java, Seattle, WA (US);
Christina Marie Meyer, Seattle, WA (US);
Steve Chang, Kirkland, WA (US);
Leslie Cindy Chen, Bellevue, WA (US);
Eric Hamilton, Bothell, WA (US);
Marcelo Truffat, Woodinville, WA (US);
Nathan Gunderson, Seattle, WA (US);
Alexander Darrow, Seattle, WA (US);
Zhaoqing Ma, Sammamish, WA (US);
Punit Java, Seattle, WA (US);
Christina Marie Meyer, Seattle, WA (US);
Steve Chang, Kirkland, WA (US);
Leslie Cindy Chen, Bellevue, WA (US);
Eric Hamilton, Bothell, WA (US);
Marcelo Truffat, Woodinville, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A communication application displays a modality view that may be one of a collaboration, a gallery, or a messaging view on a conversation canvas. The application may display an initial view according a modality selection by the user. A user is enabled to select a next view from the set by providing a user action such as a tap, swipe action, etc. The application dynamically generates the next modality view according to the initial view. Common participants and common contexts are used to configure the next view. Subsequent to configuration, the application displays the next modality view on the conversation canvas by transitioning from the initial view. The application retains session information from the initial view to restore the initial view session if the user selects to return to the initial view.