US Patent Issued to MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING on Sept. 16 for "Bridging UI elements across multiple operating systems" (Washington Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,417,110, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC (Redmond, Wash.).

"Bridging UI elements across multiple operating systems" was invented by Philip John Nachreiner (Carnation, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques are disclosed for enabling use of user interface (UI) elements across multiple operating systems. An indication of a UI element is selected via an interface of the first operating system. A mapping between UI elements of the first operating system and the second operating system is accessed. Based on the mapping, a corresponding UI element is provided to the second operating system. The ...