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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2020
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Eric Alexander Papamarcos, Redmond, WA (US);
Anna Marion Pfoertsch, Seattle, WA (US);
Robert Joseph Disano, Seattle, WA (US);
Bret Paul Anderson, Seattle, WA (US);
Alex Snitkovskiy, Kirland, WA (US);
Yash Misra, Kirkland, WA (US);
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A system for generating windows arrangements for a display is disclosed, which includes a processor and a computer-readable medium storing instructions for controlling the system to perform receiving a first user input requesting to generate windows arrangements for a display; in response to receiving the first user input, identifying, based on contextual information with respect to applications, a group of the applications to be included in the windows arrangements for the display; generating, based on display information of the display and the contextual information with respect to the applications, the windows arrangements, each windows arrangement providing a different on-screen arrangement of a plurality of windows associated with two or more applications of the group and defining a size and position of each of the windows on the display; and displaying a selectable list of the windows arrangements for the display.