US 11,914,843 B2
Structured arrangements for tracking content items on a shared user interface
Hannah Rebecca Lewbel, Kirkland, WA (US); Isabel Sophie Sharp, Seattle, WA (US); Adam Michael Gleisner, Seattle, WA (US); Lindsey Conway, Seattle, WA (US); Clea Allington, Seattle, WA (US); Minu George, Sammamish, WA (US); Samantha Robbie Courts, Bellevue, WA (US); Margaret Arlene Grounds, Kirkland, WA (US); Scott H. W. Snyder, Seattle, WA (US); and Nassr Albahadly, Redmond, WA (US)
Assigned to MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed by MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed on Jul. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/372,390.
Application 17/372,390 is a continuation of application No. 16/660,744, filed on Oct. 22, 2019, granted, now 11,262,886.
Prior Publication US 2021/0333955 A1, Oct. 28, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/0482 (2013.01) [G06F 3/1454 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04803 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method of managing a content item on a shared user interface (UI) that includes a main region and list region displayed as part of a communication session, the method comprising:
during the communication session, displaying an agenda for the communication session in the main region of the UI, wherein the main region of the UI contains multiple content items that participants in the communication session are able to collaboratively modify;
displaying a list of content items in the list region of the UI while displaying the agenda on the UI;
responsive to a command from a user, moving the content item from the main region of the UI to the list region;
ordering the content item relative to another content item in the list region based on a characteristic of the content item, wherein the ordering of content items in the list region is the same for all participants in the communication session; and
modifying the agenda for the communication session by adding the content item from the list region to the agenda for the communication session.