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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2010
Applicants:
Greg Schechter, Seattle, WA (US);
Jevan Saks, Redmond, WA (US);
Chris Fortier, Kirkland, WA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 9/445 (2006.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 9/44 (2006.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/4443 (2013.01); G06F 3/04817 (2013.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01);
Abstract
A dynamic thumbnail corresponding to an application window is displayed that is capable of being modified based on modifications in the application window. The modifications of the dynamic thumbnail may be accomplished in real-time. In some embodiments, a dynamic thumbnail is displayed in response to a user hovering a cursor over a taskbar button for a corresponding application window. In some embodiments, modifications to the dynamic thumbnail are reflected in the corresponding application window.