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Multi-window keyboard

A keyboard and application window technology, which is applied in the fields of instruments, computing, and electrical digital data processing, etc., can solve problems such as lack of application communication, user tediousness, and limited user experience

Active Publication Date: 2018-06-08
MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC
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This can create a tedious experience for the user
Additionally, apps often lack the ability to communicate with other apps, thus further limiting the user experience

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[0017] This disclosure describes an example of a generic soft-input keyboard application that can interact with any application. The soft input keyboard may be a multi-window keyboard application that provides application control for any application executing in the foreground of an operating system (OS) running on the processing device. The foreground app can be any app that has input focus. As an example, a foreground application may execute and be displayed on a display of a processing device. The exemplary soft input keyboard application can interact with other executing applications (eg, foreground applications) to improve user interaction with other applications. The soft input keyboard application can be used to: find answers, locate files, translate data, use features from other applications, receive suggestions / recommendations, utilize application extension capabilities to improve content selection, evaluate the context of threads within foreground applications and p...

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Examples of the present disclosure describe systems and methods associated with a multi-window soft input keyboard application. A multi-window soft input keyboard application is displayed. The soft input keyboard application is used to provide application command control for one or more applications. The soft input keyboard application may comprise a first application window that displays two or more user interface elements for services of the soft input keyboard application. In examples, the first application window displays / updates based on the detected foreground application. The user interface elements are usable for application command control of the detected foreground application. An exemplary soft input keyboard application may further comprise a second application window that displays a soft input keyboard. Display of the second application window may update including replacing display of the soft input keyboard based on selection of a user interface element of the first application window. Other examples are also described.

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Background technique [0001] The use of processing devices often forces users to switch between applications to transfer information / content from one application to another. For example, multiple operations such as select, copy, and paste are required to complete the transfer of information from one application to another. This can create a tedious experience for users. Additionally, applications often lack the ability to communicate with other applications, thus further limiting the user experience. Thus, this application is concerned with an improved general technical environment for application command control. Contents of the invention [0002] Non-limiting examples of the present disclosure describe systems and methods for multi-window soft input keyboard applications. In one example, a multi-window soft input keyboard application is displayed. The soft input keyboard application is used to provide application command control for one or more applications. The soft i...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): G06F3/0488G06F3/0481
CPCG06F2203/04803G06F9/451G06F3/0481G06F3/04886G06F3/0482G06F3/04842
Inventor S·J·元
Owner MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC