Microsoft has a patent obtained on the interface that the mobile devices used. The Metro interface turned up first on the Zune media players, but was taken over in Microsoft’s mobile operating system Windows Phone.
The patent application is approved by the American USPTO. Characteristic of Microsoft’s mobile interface is that the image only a small portion of the content is displayed, and the user horizontally through which you can scroll. The patent describes in particular, this way of the use of the Metro ui.
There are for Android smartphones and tablets, several applications are available that have a Metro like interface. Among other things, the music player is Ubermusic seems to be Microsoft’s interface concept is copied. With the new patent in your pocket, it’s not inconceivable that Microsoft, these developers will be force to use apps offline to get the Metro-ui to mimic.
Microsoft goes Metro ui is likely, in addition to Windows Phone, in Windows 8 process. Although the company increasingly seems to focus on mobile devices, left Microsoft recently to know that the pc is an important product, is and remains.
