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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2021
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Charles Edward Taylor, Jr., Seattle, WA (US);
Peter E. Hammerquist, Seattle, WA (US);
Benjamin J. Schoepke, Seattle, WA (US);
Jessica Leigh Douma, Seattle, WA (US);
Albert Peter Yih, Seattle, WA (US);
Emilia Marie Nobrega, Seattle, WA (US);
Hadley Meryl Griffin, Seattle, WA (US);
Ashley Nicole Ferguson, Shelton, WA (US);
Robert Joseph Disano, Seattle, WA (US);
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Computerized systems and methods are provided for automatically generating an application overflow tool that is dynamically updated and arranged to provide improved access to popular or recently used applications. These systems and methods improve existing technologies by generating an overflow panel different from a task bar, such that the overflow panel provides access to most recently used applications that are not on the task bar. As such, ease of access to applications is improved to increase user efficiency. These systems also improve the way computers operate by leveraging existing GUI layouts to reduce computing resource consumption, such as memory, network latency, I/O, and the like, that would otherwise be required improve access to applications.