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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:
Jan. 02, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2014
Applicant:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Mirko Mandic, Seattle, WA (US);
Marina Dukhon, Kirkland, WA (US);
Mark Pearson, Kirkland, WA (US);
Clay Satterfield, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0486 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0486 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04807 (2013.01);
Abstract
A segment ring menu is provided that is used to easily access menu items. The segment ring menu includes a number of menus that are located equidistant from an initial mouse position from where the segment ring menu is evoked. Hovering over any of the sections of the segment ring menu displays the menu items hosted in that section. The segment ring menu layout is directed at making it easy for the user to reach any of the menu items with a small amount of mouse movement.