US 11,989,480 B2
Secondary display location determinations
Gary De-Hong Liao, Bellevue, WA (US); Yilin Song, Redmond, WA (US); Michael Paul Erich Von Hippel, Seattle, WA (US); Nina Emi Rothenhaus, San Diego, CA (US); Sankalp Gupta, Kirkland, WA (US); Tomas Edward Morris, Redmond, WA (US); John Christopher Whytock, Portland, OR (US); Hanna Landauer McLaughlin, Seattle, WA (US); Lee Dicks Clark, Decatur, GA (US); Fernando Evelio Alvarez, Redmond, WA (US); and Albert Peter Yih, Redmond, WA (US)
Assigned to MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed by Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed on Jul. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/865,069.
Prior Publication US 2024/0020078 A1, Jan. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 3/14 (2006.01); G06F 3/04817 (2022.01); G06F 3/04842 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 3/1446 (2013.01) [G06F 3/04817 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
a processor; and
a memory on which is stored machine-readable instructions that when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
responsive to a determination that a secondary display has been connected to the apparatus, cause a window including an option for a user to proceed with a location detection operation of the secondary display to be displayed on a primary display;
cause an icon to be displayed at a certain display location of the secondary display in response to receipt of an instruction to proceed with the location detection operation of the secondary display;
track a movement of a cursor from the primary display to the icon displayed on the secondary display;
determine a position of the secondary display with respect to the primary display based on the tracked movement of the cursor; and
store the determined position of the secondary display with respect to the primary display.