Auto-grouping of application windows
US9250761B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 30, 2013 |
| Grant date | Feb 2, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 9, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2209/545
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Described herein are techniques for automatically forming groups of application windows. The techniques may be performed with a computing device executing a windowing system, the windowing system having a user interface element that can be interacted with by a user to manage applications executing on the computing device. Each application may correspond to a separate process and application window. It may be determined that an operation has occurred that will evict the application windows of target applications from the display, and in response an application group may be automatically formed. The application group may have indicia of the evicted target applications. The application group may be provided to the user interface element, and when the user interface element is interacted with by the user the user interface element displays user-selectable graphic application indicators for both the application group and applications other than the target applications.
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