Communication between a document editor in-space user interface and a document editor out-space user interface

US8484578B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Microsoft Corporation · US

Inventors

• Jonathan Ian Gordner · Seattle, US
• Marina Dukhon · Kirkland, US
• Jesse Clay Satterfield · Seattle, US
• Navjot Singh · Los Angeles, US
• Maria Fernandez Trevino · Monterrey, MX
• Amy E. Alberts · Redmond, US
• Paula Guntaur · Seattle, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 27, 2008
• Grant date: Jul 9, 2013
• Expiry date: Mar 11, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F16/93
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An out-space actuator is selected to access an out-space user interface for a document editor program. An out-space actuator is associated with an in-space user interface having a displayed document. When the out-space actuator is selected, an out-space user interface is displayed that includes an expanded feature selection surface. The out-space user interface may be used to display one or more status panes for providing status information about a document being edited in the in-space user interface. Application features for affecting changes to a given document's status may be exposed in the out-space interface in proximity to associated status information. An out-space communication user interface (UI) component may be temporarily displayed in the document in-space user interface to communicate document status information that is presently available in the out-space user interface. A message bar may be displayed in the in-space user interface for communicating information from the out-space user interface.