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专利名称：INTERFACE OVERLAY发明人：David S. Cortright申请号：US14227285申请日：20140327
公开号：US2014027A1公开日：20140925
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摘要：A method and apparatus for providing a user interface overlay. In oneembodiment, a toolbar remains visible and can be selected at any time to activate theinterface overlay. The interface overlay provides an easily visible list computing options,such as contacts, that overlays the entire display area. The background of the overlay
may be semi-transparent so that underlying windows are still visible, but the list ishighlighted. The list includes selectable display elements with display characteristics,such as size or color, that indicate one or more attributes associated with thecorresponding computing options, such as a frequency of interaction with certaincontacts. In one embodiment, groups of contacts can be sorted or filtered by theattributes before display. Each selectable display element identifies a contact and mayindicate a current availability. A user selects a display element to initiate communication,such as an instant messaging chat session.
申请人：YAHOO! INC.
地址：Sunnyvale CA US
国籍：US
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