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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2009
Helen E. Drislane, Seattle, WA (US);
David A. Matthews, Seattle, WA (US);
Jan-kristian Markiewicz, Redmond, WA (US);
Paul L. Cutsinger, Jr., Redmond, WA (US);
Bruce A. Morgan, Bellevue, WA (US);
Brian E. Manthos, Sammamish, WA (US);
Prashant Singh, Bellevue, WA (US);
Helen E. Drislane, Seattle, WA (US);
David A. Matthews, Seattle, WA (US);
Jan-Kristian Markiewicz, Redmond, WA (US);
Paul L. Cutsinger, Jr., Redmond, WA (US);
Bruce A. Morgan, Bellevue, WA (US);
Brian E. Manthos, Sammamish, WA (US);
Prashant Singh, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments provide techniques for direct manipulation of content. The direct manipulation of content can provide an intuitive way for a user to access and interact with content. In at least some embodiments, content manipulation is 'direct' in that content displayed in a user interface (e.g., one or more Web pages in a Web browser interface) can be moved in and/or out of the user interface in a direction that corresponds to user-initiated physical movements, such as the user dragging or flicking the content with the user's finger or some other type of input device.