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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2011
Brian S. Levee, Seattle, WA (US);
Jan-kristian Markiewicz, Redmond, WA (US);
Gerrit H. Hofmeester, Woodinville, WA (US);
Nils A. Sundelin, Bothell, WA (US);
Chaitanya Dev Sareen, Seattle, WA (US);
Matthew I. Worley, Bellevue, WA (US);
Jesse Clay Satterfield, Seattle, WA (US);
Adam E. Barrus, Redmond, WA (US);
Benjamin Salim Srour, Seattle, WA (US);
Bret P. Anderson, Kirkland, WA (US);
Brian S. LeVee, Seattle, WA (US);
Jan-Kristian Markiewicz, Redmond, WA (US);
Gerrit H. Hofmeester, Woodinville, WA (US);
Nils A. Sundelin, Bothell, WA (US);
Chaitanya Dev Sareen, Seattle, WA (US);
Matthew I. Worley, Bellevue, WA (US);
Jesse Clay Satterfield, Seattle, WA (US);
Adam E. Barrus, Redmond, WA (US);
Benjamin Salim Srour, Seattle, WA (US);
Bret P. Anderson, Kirkland, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Application closing techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a computing device recognizes an input as involving selection of an application displayed in a display environment by the computing device and subsequent movement of a point of the selection toward an edge of the display environment. Responsive to the recognizing of the input, the selected application is closed by the computing device.