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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2014
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Cheng-Yi Yen, Redmond, WA (US);
Derek Liddell, Kent, WA (US);
Kenneth Reneris, Clyde Hill, WA (US);
Charles Morris, Seattle, WA (US);
Dieter Rindle, Klosterlechfeld, DE;
Tanvi Surti, Seattle, WA (US);
Michael Stephens, Seattle, WA (US);
Eka Tjung, Redmond, WA (US);
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A system running on a mobile device such as a smartphone is configured to expose a user interface (UI) to enable a user to specify web pages that can be pinned to a start screen of the device. Once pinned, the user may launch a web page by voice command from any location on the UI or from within any experience that is currently being supported on the device. Thus, the user can be on a call with a friend talking about a new video game and then use a voice command to launch a web browser application on the mobile device that navigates to a pinned web page having information about the game's release date. Web pages can be readily pinned and unpinned from the start screen through the UI. When a web page is unpinned from the start screen, the system disables voice web navigation for it.