Patent ID: 11972102
Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 8:
9. A system comprising:
one or more processors; and
one or more computer-readable storage media storing instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
determine that a first instance of a particular customization has been performed to a particular first control of a first user interface (UI) while the first UI is displayed without a second UI, the first UI being configured to control a first application and being provided at a particular location in the first UI;
access the second UI, wherein the second UI is configured to control a second application other than the first application, the second UI having a particular second control provided at the particular location in the second UI; and
in the absence of explicit customization input directed to the particular second control of the second UI, automatically apply a second instance of the particular customization to the particular second control,
wherein the first instance of the particular customization involves a particular movement of the particular first control relative to other controls in the first UI in response to a customization input, and the second instance of the particular customization involves performing the particular movement on of the particular second control relative to other controls in the second UI.