Context aware user interface parts

US9792354B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

• Brad Olenick · Kirkland, US
• Christopher Scrosati · Seattle, US
• Leon E. Welicki · Issaquah, US
• Steven Sanderson · Bristol, GB
• Alvaro Rahul Dias · Bellevue, US
• Federico Silva Armas · Seattle, US
• Vishal R. Joshi · Redmond, US
• Tom Cox · Kenmore, US
• Justin Beckwith · Bellevue, US
• Jonathan Lucero · Centennial, US
• Kristofer John Owens · Seattle, US
• Stephen M. Danton · Seattle, US
• Jonah Sterling · Redmond, US
• Dina-Marie LeDonne Supino · Redmond, US
• Nafisa Bhojawala · Seattle, US
• Madhur Joshi · Kirkland, US
• Karandeep Singh Anand · Redmond, US
• William J. Staples · Redmond, US
• Jesse Francisco · Redmond, US
• Brendyn Alexander · Seattle, US
• Julio O. Casal · Redmond, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 1, 2014
• Grant date: Oct 17, 2017
• Expiry date: Jan 24, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F40/117
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A model for displaying multiple user interface elements such that each control includes a container that includes standard functionality across at least a majority of the user interface elements. For instance, such standard functionality might include a part status indication, a title, a content status indication, a command invocation function, a part resizing function, and so forth. The model may also provide for standardization of resizing of user interface elements. For a given user interface element, there would be a predetermined number of possible size and shapes, each corresponding to a different projection of data. For instance, all of the user interface elements on a screen may fall within the predetermined number of possible size and shapes, thereby allowing more functional layout of the user interface on the display.