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Companion window experience

US10606564B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

Jonathan Ian Gordner · Seattle, US
Stephan Hoefnagels · New York, US
Josh A. Clow · Redmond, US
Colin Jeanne · Woodinville, US
Alexander R. Allen · Concord, US
Kenneth G. Parker · Williamsville, US
Nandini Arijit Bhattacharya · Bellevue, US
Jonathan Li · Goleta, US
Kieran Snyder · Seattle, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 27, 2010
Grant date	Mar 31, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 30, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F3/0481
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Architecture that generates a companion window in combination with a source application experience to enable the accomplishment of a side task yet not switch away from the context of the source application. The companion window experience is a window that is rendered proximate (e.g., beside) a user's source application experience, in a predictable location, and with a predictable user model for invocation and dismissal. The companion window allows the user to retain full visual context of the associated source application experience, while rendering activities that directly pertain to the source application experience or activities that allow the user to interact with two applications.

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