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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2010
Jeremy Max Stevens, Seattle, WA (US);
Kanchan Mitra, Woodinville, WA (US);
Ken Wickes, Seattle, WA (US);
Kyle Krum, Seattle, WA (US);
Jeremy Max Stevens, Seattle, WA (US);
Kanchan Mitra, Woodinville, WA (US);
Ken Wickes, Seattle, WA (US);
Kyle Krum, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A sidebar UI of an application program provides access to the application program's functionality while occupying a reduced amount of real estate on the screen when compared to conventional UIs. The sidebar UI comprises an icon or multiple icons, and each icon references a pane that provides its user the ability to access and utilize a function and/or feature of the application program. Selecting an icon in the sidebar UI causes the referenced pane which provides access to, for example, a feature of the application program to be displayed on the screen. 'Clicking off' the pane causes the pane to close.