US 12,293,070 B2
Just-in-time snap layouts
Eric Papamarcos, Sammamish, WA (US); Robert Disano, Seattle, WA (US); Stacy Carson, Seattle, WA (US); Albert Yih, Seattle, WA (US); Benjamin B. Stolovitz, Seattle, WA (US); Howard Hughes, Port Orchard, WA (US); Selena Feng, Chicago, IL (US); and Bret Anderson, Seattle, WA (US)
Assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed by Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed on Oct. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/485,869.
Application 18/485,869 is a continuation of application No. 17/804,806, filed on May 31, 2022, granted, now 11,868,160.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/308,310, filed on Feb. 9, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0036722 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/0486 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 3/0486 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0482 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for reconfiguring application windows in a display, the system comprising:
a display;
a processor; and
a computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to control the system to perform operations comprising:
displaying, on the display, an application window having a title bar and a content area;
receiving an input selecting the title bar of the application window;
receiving a drag input for moving the application window;
based on the drag input entering an invocation region, displaying a layout menu with a plurality of display layouts, each of the display layouts including one or more snap zones;
receiving a drop input of the application window over a particular snap zone of a particular display layout of the plurality of display layouts; and
in response to the drop input, repositioning the application window according to the particular snap zone.