Patent · US Active

Contextual control of dynamic input device

US8248373B2 · kind B2 · utility

2Cited by

5References

20Claims

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Assignee

Microsoft Corporation · US

Inventors

Richard Turner · Woodinville, US
Robert D. Young · Snohomish, US
Daniel M. Sangster · Bellevue, US
Scott Honji · Sammamish, US
Eric Fleegal · Bothell, US
Mark Vulfson · Redmond, US
Xianfeng Tian · Sammamish, US
Kevin J. Smith · Redmond, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 18, 2010
Grant date	Aug 21, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 18, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2209/545
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A computing system includes one or more input-device user-interface runtime applications to dynamically display images on a dynamic input device. The one or more input-device user-interface runtime applications are executed in a currently active desktop. The computing system further includes a dominant application configured to execute in the currently active desktop. The dominant application is configured to specify an input-device user-interface runtime application corresponding to a current context of the dominant application. The specified input-device user-interface runtime application is configured to dynamically display virtual controls on the dynamic input device. The specified input-device user-interface runtime application is also configured to report activation of the virtual controls to the dominant application.

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