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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016
Filed:
May. 24, 2012
Aaron Sauve, Seattle, WA (US);
Shamik Bandyopadhyay, Mountain View, CA (US);
Kathryn C. Lemson, Redmond, WA (US);
Jannes Paul Peters, Berlin, DE;
Eric Bennett, Bellevue, WA (US);
Ahmad Bilal, Duvall, WA (US);
Aaron Sauve, Seattle, WA (US);
Shamik Bandyopadhyay, Mountain View, CA (US);
Kathryn C. Lemson, Redmond, WA (US);
Jannes Paul Peters, Berlin, DE;
Eric Bennett, Bellevue, WA (US);
Ahmad Bilal, Duvall, WA (US);
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus is provided for operating a mobile device having stored thereon a plurality of applications ('apps') that are each configured to capture an image. The method includes receiving first user input data requesting invocation of a given one of the applications. The given application is launched by the user. After launching the given application a user interface is presented which serves as an entry point through which ail of the image capture applications stored on the mobile device are made available to the user.