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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2015
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Michael J. Kruzeniski, Sausalito, CA (US);
Michael A. Smuga, Seattle, WA (US);
Michael K. Henderlight, Sammamish, WA (US);
Brian M. Wilson, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Chad A. Voss, Seattle, WA (US);
Paula Guntaur, Seattle, WA (US);
Jonathan David Friedman, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Patrick S. Corrigan, San Francisco, CA (US);
Dustin Owen Williams, Little Rock, AR (US);
Joseph P. McLaughlin, Seattle, WA (US);
Ryan T. Murphy, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A mobile communications device user interface is described. In an implementation, a method is implemented by a computing device that includes displaying content in conjunction with a first level of a hierarchical menu in a user interface on a display device of the computing device. Responsive to receipt of an input to navigate to a second level of the hierarchical menu that is a sublevel of the first level, the second level in displayed conjunction with the content on the display device, the content having a reduced display richness when displayed in conjunction with the second level than when displayed in conjunction with the first level.