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Application-to-application launch windowing

US9594603B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

Richie Fang · Bellevue, US
Jesse Clay Satterfield · Seattle, US
Matthew I. Worley · Bellevue, US
Chaitanya Dev Sareen · Seattle, US
Jake Sabulsky · Kirkland, US
Charing Wong (Tsz Yan Wong) · Seattle, US
Alice Steinglass · Bellevue, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 15, 2013
Grant date	Mar 14, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 15, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F9/451
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A window management system manages the placement of a window of a target application within a user interface. A source application launches the target application. The window management system arbitrates placement of a window of a target application within the user interface based on a target application placement preference parameter and a source application placement preference parameter. The window management system displays the window of the target application within the user interface according to the arbitrated placement. The window management system can also display a window of the source application within the user interface according to the arbitrated placement.

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