Content-based directional placement application launch

US10754536B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

• Miron Vranjes · Seattle, US
• Matthew I. Worley · Bellevue, US
• Nils A. Sundelin · Bothell, US
• Chaitanya Dev Sareen · Seattle, US
• Robert J. Jarrett · Snohomish, US
• Jesse Clay Satterfield · Seattle, US
• Alice Steinglass · Bellevue, US
• Richie Fang · Bellevue, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 29, 2013
• Grant date: Aug 25, 2020
• Expiry date: Mar 24, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F9/445
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A user can select content on an interface screen and provide an associated directional placement instruction to launch a new application window that displays the selected content or information associated with the selected content. The directional placement instruction may indicate an area of the screen where the user prefers to display the new application window. Responsive to the initiation of the directional placement instruction, a conversion module converts the selected content into a placeable representation of the new application. Responsive to receipt of the directional placement instruction, a window management system presents the new application window in the user interface in a location based on the directional placement instruction.