Application reporting in an application-selectable user interface

• US 9,864,494 B2
• Filed: 10/20/2015
• Issued: 01/09/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Zaman, Nazia, Garside, Adrian J., Bush, Christopher T., Barcheck, Lindsey R., Leonard, Chantal M., Satterfield, Jesse Clay
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Kevin
• Application Number:
  US14/918,358
• Publication Number:
  US 20160041710A1
• Time in Patent Office: 812 Days
• Field of Search: 715762-765, 715767, 715810, 715854
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services

Abstract

This document describes techniques for application reporting in an application-selectable user interface. These techniques permit a user to view reports for applications in a user interface through which these applications may be selected. By so doing, a user may quickly and easily determine which applications to select based on their respective reports and then select them or their content through the user interface.

Claims

1. A computing device comprising:

one or more computer processors; and

one or more computer-readable storage media having instructions stored thereon that, responsive to execution by the one or more computer processors, perform operations comprising;

enabling, through a single user interface, selection of two or more applications through selectable labels associated with each of the two or more applications, the selectable labels each having an area reporting multiple changes to the application, the reporting rotating through the multiple changes; and

responsive to selection of one of the areas in one of the selectable labels, causing content to be presented, the content associated with the change reported in the selected one of the areas.

2. A computing device as described in claim 1, wherein causing the content associated with the change to be presented presents the content within or superimposed over the single user interface.

3. A computing device as described in claim 1, wherein the application associated with the selected label is not executing while the selection of one of the areas in one of the selectable labels is being received.

4. A computing device as described in claim 3, wherein the application associated with the selected label is not executing during the causing the content to be presented.

5. A computer-implemented method comprising:

enabling, through a single user interface, selection of content associated with two or more applications through selectable labels associated with each of the two or more applications, at least one of the selectable labels having an area reporting multiple changes to the application by rotating through the multiple changes to the application; and

responsive to selection of the area in the one of the selectable labels, causing content to be presented within the single user interface, the content associated with the change reported in the selected area.

6. A computer-implemented method as described in claim 5, wherein the application associated with the selected label is not executing while the selection of the area in the one of the selectable labels us being received.

7. A computer-implemented method as described in claim 6, wherein the application associated with the selected label is not executing during the causing the content to be presented.

8. A computer-implemented method as described in claim 5, wherein presenting the single user interface reporting the change to the application includes portions of the content associated with the change to the application and within the selectable label.

9. A computer-implemented method as described in claim 5, wherein the causing the content to be presented presents the portions of the content and additional content associated with the change to the application that is not within the selectable label.

10. A computer-implemented method as described in claim 5, wherein the single user interface is an immersive interface.

11. A computer-implemented method as described in claim 5, wherein the causing the content to be presented presents the content superimposed over the at least one of the selectable labels.

12. A computer-implemented method as described in claim 5, wherein the causing the content to be presented presents the content in a window superimposed over the single user interface, the window having little or no frame.

13. A computing device comprising:

one or more computer processors; and

one or more computer-readable storage media having instructions stored thereon that, responsive to execution by the one or more computer processors, perform operations comprising;

enabling, through a single user interface, selection of content associated with two or more applications through selectable labels associated with each of the two or more applications, at least one of the selectable labels having an area reporting multiple changes to the application, the reporting rotating through the multiple changes to the application; and

responsive to selection of the area in the one of the selectable labels, causing content to be presented within the single user interface, the content associated with the change reported in the selected area.

14. A computing device as described in claim 13, wherein the application associated with the selected label is not executing while the selection of the area in the one of the selectable labels is being received.

15. A computing device as described in claim 14, wherein the application associated with the selected label is not executing during the causing the content to be presented.

16. A computing device as described in claim 13, wherein the presenting the single user interface reporting the change to the application includes portions of the content associated with the change to the application and within the selectable label.

17. A computing device as described in claim 13, wherein the causing the content to be presented presents the portions of the content, and additional content associated with the change to the application that is not within the selectable label.

18. A computing device as described in claim 13, wherein the single user interface is an immersive interface.

19. A computing device as described in claim 13, wherein the causing the content to be presented presents the content superimposed over the single user interface.

20. A computing device as described in claim 13, wherein the causing the content to be presented presents the content in a window superimposed over the single user interface, the window having little or no frame.