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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:
Mar. 06, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2013
Applicant:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Thamer A. Abanami, Seattle, WA (US);
Julian Selman, Redmond, WA (US);
Craig Maitlen, Woodinville, WA (US);
Russell E. Glaser, Woodinville, WA (US);
Rowland Lee Brown, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04845 (2013.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04804 (2013.01);
Abstract
By adjusting visual settings on a display behind a section of a background to emphasize menu options, a user can determine the status in the series of menus and sub-menus and can better read the menu options.