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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2015
Applicant:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Vladimir Holostov, Sammamish, WA (US);
Austin Czarnecki, Seattle, WA (US);
Julia Meinershagen, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/163 (2006.01); G06K 19/077 (2006.01); G02F 1/15 (2006.01); G09G 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 19/07705 (2013.01); G02F 1/163 (2013.01); G06F 1/1601 (2013.01); G06K 19/07707 (2013.01); G09G 3/001 (2013.01); G09G 2380/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
The description relates to controllable device marking. One example can be manifest as a device that has a housing and a marking apparatus integrated into the housing. The marking apparatus can include a display and a disablement mechanism. While the disablement mechanism is in a first state the display is controllable to allow content presented on the display to be defined and when the disablement mechanism is transitioned to a second state the content is persisted and unchangeable on the display.