User interaction with desktop environment
US9635091B1 · kind B1 · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 9, 2014 |
| Grant date | Apr 25, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 10, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG09G2370/16
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Sharing resources by users of computing devices includes providing, at each computing device, a respective viewport to a common desktop environment that has the shared resources. The desktop is independently viewable and independently navigable through each respective viewport. Furthermore, each of the resources is independently viewable and able to be independently acted upon through each respective viewport. One or more resources of each computing device may be added to the desktop environment through the respective viewport of the computing device. A search user interface is provided for text string searching of resources of a respective viewport by a user at the computing device of the respective viewport; and an application launcher view user interface is provided for launching applications, which is viewable by clicking on an open space of the desktop environment as seen through the respective viewport, and by which launchable applications are searchable.
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