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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2017
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Giacomo G. Chiarella, Eastleigh, GB;
Hisham Jafar Ali, Nottingham, GB;
Matthew J. Kempa, Congleton, GB;
Syed Akhass Adnan Wasti, Cambridge, GB;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method, system, and program product are provided for controlling layers in a graphical user interface. The method includes an operating system function of a mobile computing device running a current application with a current layer of user interaction via the graphical user interface, detecting an event providing a top layer display, determining if the top layer display has sufficient relevance to the user to interrupt the current application. If the top layer display does not have sufficient relevance, the method makes the top layer display control transparent so that the user continues to interact with the current application in the graphical user interface while maintaining the top layer in visual order. When the top layer is control transparent, the method may provide a visual cue of control transparency to the user.