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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2015
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Al Chakra, Apex, NC (US);
Saurabh Gupta, Burlington, MA (US);
James Y. McVea, Jr., Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Nancy A. Schipon, Apex, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
In an approach to managing a display of an application by an operating system, one or more computer processors launch a pointing mechanism by an operating system. The one or more computer processors receive an application area, where the application area is defined by movement of the pointing mechanism on a display device. The one or more computer processors receive a launch of one or more applications. The one or more computer processors display the one or more applications in the application area.