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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2005
Jeffrey W. Pettiross, Seattle, WA (US);
Sarah E. Schrock, Bellevue, WA (US);
Charles W. Stabb, Seattle, WA (US);
Donald J. Lindsay, Mountain View, CA (US);
Cornelis K. Van Dok, Bellevue, WA (US);
Hillel N. Cooperman, Sammamish, WA (US);
Charles Cummins, Seattle, WA (US);
Jeffrey W. Pettiross, Seattle, WA (US);
Sarah E. Schrock, Bellevue, WA (US);
Charles W. Stabb, Seattle, WA (US);
Donald J. Lindsay, Mountain View, CA (US);
Cornelis K. Van Dok, Bellevue, WA (US);
Hillel N. Cooperman, Sammamish, WA (US);
Charles Cummins, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method for managing a plurality of application window representations is described. The method includes steps of defining a set of application window representation positions in a predefined region, displaying a plurality of application window representations in the application window representation positions, receiving an input to open a first application window, creating a first application window representation in the predefined region, determining whether a second application window representation of the plurality needs to be repositioned into a hidden application window representation position, and repositioning the second application window representation into the hidden application window representation upon determining that the second application window representation needs to be repositioned, wherein the hidden application window representation position is within a glom.