US 11,899,898 B2
Coherent gestures on touchpads and touchscreens
Elizabeth Picchietti Salowitz, Kirkland, WA (US); Joseph Spencer King, Seattle, WA (US); Nan Yang, Bellevue, WA (US); Albert Peter Yih, Seattle, WA (US); and Sharath Viswanathan, Seattle, WA (US)
Assigned to MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed by Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed on Mar. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/193,331.
Application 18/193,331 is a continuation of application No. 17/307,508, filed on May 4, 2021, granted, now 11,620,030.
Prior Publication US 2023/0244352 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/0481 (2022.01); G06F 9/451 (2018.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 3/0481 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 9/452 (2018.02); G06F 2203/04104 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving, by a touchscreen, a multi-digit touch input that fulfills conditions of a touchscreen gesture operation;
determining that there is a corresponding touchpad gesture operation to the touchscreen gesture operation;
identifying a joint shell operation for execution of the touchscreen gesture operation and the corresponding touchpad gesture operation;
identifying differing operation elements corresponding to the joint shell operation for execution of the touchscreen gesture operation, wherein the differing operation elements execute differently for the touchscreen gesture operation than for the corresponding touchpad gesture operation; and
executing the touchscreen gesture operation using the joint shell operation and the differing operation elements.