Application-launching interface for multiple modes

A user interface and mode technology, applied in the direction of user interface execution, program loading/starting, data processing input/output process, etc., can solve problems such as lack of flexibility

Active Publication Date: 2012-07-11
MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC
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However, these other traditional app-launch screens only launch the app into immersive mode
Most immersive modes allow the user to view and interact with more of the application's content than the windows-based modes allow, but they lack much of the flexibility that windows-based modes allow

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[0016] This document describes technologies and devices that enable application-launch interfaces for multiple modes. This interface enables the user to quickly and easily choose to launch applications associated with different modes. A user may avoid the cognitive burden associated with wading through multiple interfaces, making multiple selections, and / or deciding a mode in which to interact with them.

[0017] Suppose, for example, that a user wishes to start her workday with four applications, two of which are Windows-based and two of which are immersive. Traditional techniques may require her to select the Windows-based application-launch interface, choose to launch the first of the two Windows-based applications, wait for it to launch, then return to the interface, and choose to launch the first of the two Windows-based applications Two applications, and then wait for the second application to start. With these two applications launched, the user t...

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The invention describes techniques and apparatuses enabling an application-launching interface for multiple modes. This interface enables a user to quickly and easily select to launch applications associated with different modes. A user may avoid wading through multiple interfaces, making multiple selections, and/or a cognitive load associated with deciding on a mode with which to interact.

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Background technique [0001] Many traditional application-launch interfaces (application-launch interface) allow users to launch applications into windows-based (Windows) mode. Most windows-based modes present a launched application with a frame that has controls for interacting with the application and controls for moving, resizing, or otherwise managing the layout of the window frame. However, this window frame occupies a portion of the display that might otherwise be dedicated to the application's content. If the user wishes to launch the application into an immersive (immersive) mode or other non-windows-based mode, such as to avoid window frames, the user typically first chooses to launch the secondary launcher application from within the traditional Launch in a windows-based mode, watch other applications within the window frame of the secondary launch application, select one of these other applications, and then wait for the other application to be launched in a non-win...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): G06F3/048G06F9/445
CPCG06F9/4443G06F3/0481G06F9/445G06F3/04886G06F9/451G06F3/04842G06F3/04845
Inventor R.多伊施M.杜克宏V.巴尔P.L.米纳J.S.米勒B.A.贝茨
Owner MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC
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