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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2015
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04886 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and system are provided for triggering display of an application. The method includes: in response to receiving a gesture denoting an approximate closed region or a closed region on a display screen, determining a non-full-screen display region corresponding to the gesture on the display screen; displaying shortcuts of at least one application in the non-full-screen display region; and in response to a user selecting one of the shortcuts, launching an application corresponding to the selected shortcut, and displaying an interface of the application in the non-full-screen display region.