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Recording user-driven events within a computing system including vicinity searching

US9858173B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

Varadarajan Thiruvillamalai · Sammamish, US
Deepraj Sitaram Dixit · Hyderabad, IN
Rajeev Kumar · San Diego, US
Thej Kumar Siddhotman Arulraj · Hyderabad, IN
Singireddy Neeraja Reddy · Hyderabad, IN
Mathew Kuzhithattil Aniyan · Tupran, IN
Abhinav Anand · London, GB

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 1, 2011
Grant date	Jan 2, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 21, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F11/3698
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of recording user-driven events within a computing system includes receiving an indication that a user interacted with a first graphical user interface (GUI) user interactive control. The method includes automatically searching at least one vicinity near the first GUI user interactive control for descriptive information associated with the first GUI user interactive control, and automatically recording a user-driven event that represents the user interaction with the first GUI user interactive control and includes the descriptive information.

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