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Explicit touch selection and cursor placement

US9612670B2 · kind B2 · utility

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26References

12Claims

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Assignee

MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

Jeffrey Jon Weir · Seattle, US
Jennifer L. Anderson · Kirkland, US
Jennifer Marie Wolfe · Seattle, US
Gerrit H. Hofmeester · Seattle, US
Jan-Kristian Markiewicz · Redmond, US
Andrew Brauninger · Seattle, US
Stuart J. Stuple · Carnation, US
David Earl Washington · Saint Paul, US
Matthew J. Kotler · Sammamish, US
Ryan Demopoulos · Bellevue, US
Amish Patel · Seattle, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 12, 2011
Grant date	Apr 4, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 12, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F40/166
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method for implementing an efficient and easy to user interface for a touch screen device. A cursor may be placed by a user using simple inputs. The device operates places the cursor coarsely and refines the cursor placement upon further input from the user. Text may be selected using a gripper associated with the cursor. The user interface allows text selection without occluding the text being selected with the user's finger or the gripper. For selecting text in a multi-line block of text, a dynamic safety zone is implemented to simplify text selection for the user.

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