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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2013
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Eric M. Borzello, Redmond, WA (US);
Kathleen R. Kelly, Bellevue, WA (US);
Charles Marcus Reid, III, Kirkland, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A predictive contextual toolbar is presented that provides an identifiable region on which predicted commands can be surfaced. This user interface can be presented in cases where an indication of a request for a command (such as a formatting tool) is received, for example, while a user is interacting with a canvas of a productivity application. When conditions for surfacing a predictive command are met, the system can display an identifiable region on which predicted commands are surfaced according to context associated with the conditions for surfacing the predictive command. The identifiable region may be an extension of a mini toolbar. One or more dynamic predicted commands can be surfaced on the identifiable region to provide easily accessible, user specific, context related commands.