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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2010
Benjamin F. Carter, Redmond, WA (US);
Priyanka Singhal, Bellevue, WA (US);
Shawna Julie Davis, Seattle, WA (US);
Tirthankar Sengupta, Redmond, WA (US);
Jeffrey Cheng-yao Fong, Seattle, WA (US);
Ryan Terry Bickel, Kirkland, WA (US);
Peter Gregory Davis, Kirkland, WA (US);
Benjamin F. Carter, Redmond, WA (US);
Priyanka Singhal, Bellevue, WA (US);
Shawna Julie Davis, Seattle, WA (US);
Tirthankar Sengupta, Redmond, WA (US);
Jeffrey Cheng-Yao Fong, Seattle, WA (US);
Ryan Terry Bickel, Kirkland, WA (US);
Peter Gregory Davis, Kirkland, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A pointer tool in a touch-screen display is disclosed. The method includes activating a pointer tool in a touch screen display in response to contact with an area of the touch screen and persisting the displaying of the pointer tool in the touch screen display after the contact with the touch screen is removed. Once editing data is received, the pointer tool is removed from the touch screen display.