Patent №
US 9,720,567
Granted
2017-08-01
Filed 2014
Owner
MICROSOFT CORPORATION
Lab
AI components
1
hardware
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
14181896
Multitasking and full screen menu contexts are described. In one or more implementations, an input is received to cause output of a menu in a user interface of a computing device. Responsive to this receipt, a determination is made as which of a plurality of portions displayed simultaneously in the user interface in a multitasking mode has focus, each of the plurality of portions corresponding to an output of a respective one of a plurality of applications. Responsive to the determination, output is caused of the menu as associated with the focused portion of the user interface and having a representation of at least one function based the focused portion, the representation selectable to cause performance of the function.
AI classification
Ownership
MICROSOFT CORPORATION
assignment · 322280657
Assignors
CHURCHILL, JOHN E., WHEELER, JOSEPH, VASSEUR, JEROME JEAN-LOUIS, FULLER, THOMAS, GILES, JASON DEAN
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.