Method and apparatus for avoiding overlapped windows and a gutter space
US5621904A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 24, 1995 |
| Grant date | Apr 15, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 24, 2015 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/0481
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A computer-implemented method and video processing system for positioning windows displayed on a screen of the video processing system. According to a preferred embodiment, the size of the screen is determined, and the position and size of a first window displayable on the screen is determined. The size of a new window to be displayed on the screen is also determined. It is then determined whether there is room to display the new window plus a gutter space outside the first window and within the screen, and the position of the new window is set in accordance with this determination.
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