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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:
Oct. 13, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2012
Harel M. Williams, Seattle, WA (US);
Brian E. Manthos, Sammamish, WA (US);
Paul L. Cutsinger, Redmond, WA (US);
Helen E. Drislane, Seattle, WA (US);
Prashant Singh, Bellevue, WA (US);
Louis A. Martinez, Redmond, WA (US);
Harel M. Williams, Seattle, WA (US);
Brian E. Manthos, Sammamish, WA (US);
Paul L. Cutsinger, Redmond, WA (US);
Helen E. Drislane, Seattle, WA (US);
Prashant Singh, Bellevue, WA (US);
Louis A. Martinez, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments provide a target element zoom component that is configured to perform a focal point zoom operation on a target element using an appropriate zoom factor. In at least some embodiments, the target element zoom component receives a request to perform a zoom operation at a focal point of a target element in a page displayed in a display area. In at least some embodiments, the request is received via two-finger tap input on a screen of a touch enabled device. The target element zoom component then determines an appropriate zoom factor for the zoom operation. Responsive to determining the appropriate zoom factor, the target element zoom component performs the zoom operation on the page using the appropriate zoom factor so that the target element remains within the display area with the focal point retained.