Microsoft files patent for "inconspicuous mode" on phones

[McLovin]

Often you'll find that Microsoft has some interesting ideas for what it wants to put into their smartphone technology, and occasionally this tech makes its way into a patent filing. Way back in July 2011 (and only made public today), Microsoft filed a patent for an interesting "inconspicuous mode" for smartphones, which appears to remove many of the distractions of the "standard" mode to be "less obtrusive".

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[softwareFREEk]

lookout Samsung and Apple there is a another player in the patent war
or is it more LOOKOUT consumer