ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,299,271, issued on May 13, was assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, Wash.).
"Active accessibility control bar" was invented by Bryan K. Mamaril (Seattle) and Cassandra Lynn Hoef (Seattle).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and system directed to displaying title bars at a display of a large-format display are provided. More specifically, the methods and systems enable a large-format display, which may be touch-enabled, to detect where a user is interacting with the display and to provide interactive controls in an accessible location to the user. For instance, the display may detect that a user is interacting with ...