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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2014
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Mark Schwesinger, Bellevue, WA (US);
Emily Yang, Seattle, WA (US);
Jay Kapur, Redmond, WA (US);
Christian Klein, Duvall, WA (US);
Oscar Murillo, Redmond, WA (US);
Sergio Paolantonio, Seattle, WA (US);
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments are disclosed that relate to providing feedback for a level of completion of a user gesture via a cursor displayed on a user interface. One disclosed embodiment provides a method comprising displaying a cursor having a visual property and moving a screen-space position of the cursor responsive to the user gesture. The method further comprises changing the visual property of the cursor in proportion to a level of completion of the user gesture. In this way, the level of completion of the user gesture may be presented to the user in a location to which the attention of the user is directed during performance of the gesture.