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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2010
William A. S. Buxton, Redmond, WA (US);
Michel Pahud, Kirkland, WA (US);
Kenneth P. Hinckley, Redmond, WA (US);
William A. S. Buxton, Redmond, WA (US);
Michel Pahud, Kirkland, WA (US);
Kenneth P. Hinckley, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
This document relates to touch screen controls. For instance, the touch screen controls can allow a user to control a computing device by engaging a touch screen associated with the computing device. One implementation can receive at least one tactile contact from a region of a touch screen. This implementation can present a first command functionality on the touch screen proximate the region for a predefined time. It can await user engagement of the first command functionality. Lacking user engagement within the predefined time, the implementation can remove the first command functionality and offer a second command functionality.