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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2023

Filed:

Dec. 03, 2018
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Andrew M. Lees, Ferndown, GB;

Aaron T. R. Gashi, Eastleigh, GB;

Samuel B. Hawker, Winchester, GB;

Aaron Collins, Southampton, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0483 (2013.01); G06F 9/451 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0483 (2013.01); G06F 9/451 (2018.02);
Abstract

A method, computer program product, and system are provided for window placement in a visual display of a data processing system. A computer gathers data of user preferences of size and position of windows in a visual display through use of the visual display, wherein windows relate to resources accessed by a user of the data processing system. Upon a new display action, the computer determines a current context of the visual display, wherein the current context includes existing windows in the visual display. The computer applies the data of user preferences to the new display action to provide an updated display context, wherein the applying includes influencing one or more sizes and one or more positions of one or more windows in the visual display.


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