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Method and apparatus for automatically and intelligently arranging windows on a display device

US5838318A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 10, 1995
Grant dateNov 17, 1998
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Expiry dateNov 10, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/0481
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus for automatically arranging windows on a display device where each of a first set of the plurality of windows includes a class designation, and the class designation for each window of this first set of windows can be different. The method identifies the class designation for each window of this first set of windows and arranges the first set of windows on the display according to the class designation of each window of the first set.

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