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Invocation control over keyboard user interface

US9436385B2 · kind B2 · utility

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19Claims

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Assignee

MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

Kimberly Koenig · Redmond, US
Weston Thayer · Seattle, US
Shiraz Somji · Kenmore, US
Ruth Kikin-Gil · Redmond, US
Christopher Rinker · Seattle, US
Ravi Pinjala · Bellevue, US
Ivor Berry · Seattle, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 2, 2014
Grant date	Sep 6, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 20, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F40/177
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A touch-based device provides invocation control over a keyboard user interface (UI). The device displays a keyboard UI overlaid on an application UI to allow a user to interact with the application UI. A dismissal UI is displayed adjacent to the keyboard UI to allow the user to dismiss the keyboard UI. The keyboard UI is dismissed in response to detecting a user action on the dismissal UI. The device presents a lock UI and an invocation UI adjacent to the lock UI. In response to detecting another user action on the lock UI, the user is prevented from invoking the keyboard UI.

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