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Access to contextually relevant system and application settings

  • US 10,430,023 B2
  • Filed: 07/24/2017
  • Issued: 10/01/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/12/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving, by a computing device, user input regarding a settings access bar;

    responsive to receiving the user input;

    querying system services to identify a target application that is currently displaying content on the computing device, wherein the target application is identified as an immersive application, of a plurality of immersive applications each being displayed at a respective size, based on being displayed at a largest size of the plurality of immersive applications;

    determining, based on identifying the target application as currently displaying content on the computing device, an application setting that is specific to the target application and that is designated by the target application to be exposed through the settings access bar;

    determining a system setting that is implemented by the computing device and that is applicable to a plurality of applications, the plurality of application including the target application; and

    causing display of the settings access bar along at least a portion of an edge of a display associated with the computing device, the settings access bar comprising an application section and a system section, the settings access bar including a first interface element in the application section to enable the application setting to be configured and a second interface element in the system section to enable the system setting to be configured;

    receiving additional user input selecting at least one of the first interface element or the second interface element; and

    based at least in part on receiving the additional user input, configuring at least one of the application setting or the system setting.

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