公开(公告)号：US20240295942A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-05

申请号：US18216512

申请日：2023-06-29

申请人： MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC

发明人： Thomas Henry ALPHIN, III ,  Jan-Kristian MARKIEWICZ ,  Jan H. KARACHALE ,  Benjamin J. SCHOEPKE ,  Ryan Brennen CUPPERNULL ,  William Scott STAUBER ,  Aury Fuchsia DELMAR ,  Yashraj M. BORSE ,  Albert Peter YIH ,  Jeffrey Matthew SMITH ,  Michael Pe VON HIPPEL ,  Robert Armen MIKHAYELYAN ,  Eric Norman BADGER ,  Ryan Lee SOLORZANO ,  Nishitha BURMAN ,  Juan Sebastian SEPULVEDA VARON ,  Jerome HEALY

IPC分类号： G06F3/04812 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  G06F9/451

CPC分类号： G06F3/04812 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  G06F9/451 ,  G06F40/166

摘要： Disclosed is an operating system (OS) discovery mode that identifies and provides access to OS and/or third-party provided features within an applicable region of a desktop. In some configurations, once the discovery mode is activated, the content displayed by the applicable region is analyzed to identify content usable by OS and/or third-party provided features. Visual cues are rendered in the applicable region near the identified content, highlighting the availability of the OS and/or third-party provided features. Users may interact with the visual cues to manipulate the underlying content or to invoke the OS and/or third-party provided features. OS and/or third-party provided features may modify content displayed by an application, launch an inline micro-experience, crop or export images, etc. While in the discovery mode, visual cues are highlighted as a discovery mouse cursor moves around the desktop. In some configurations the discovery mode is triggered automatically, causing an OS service to automatically identify and display a set of entity visual cues across the applicable region.