Interacting with nonconforming applications in a windowing environment
US10198167B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 13, 2015 |
| Grant date | Feb 5, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 17, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2203/04803
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A computer-implemented technique is described herein for efficiently and reliably interacting with a nonconforming application component in a windowing environment. The nonconforming application component corresponds to a type of application (such as, but not limited to, an immersive-type full-screen application) that was not originally designed for presentation of application content in a windowing environment, or was not originally designed for presentation of application content in a windowing environment of a certain type. In some implementations, the computer-implemented technique generates a composite window by: creating a system-owned frame; receiving an application-owned window; and creating the composite window by combining the frame and the application-owned window. The technique can thereafter control the composite window by performing operations on the composite window via its system-owned frame.
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