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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2005
Charles Cummins, Seattle, WA (US);
Gerald F. Maffeo, Woodinville, WA (US);
Lyon K. F. Wong, Issaquah, WA (US);
Reiner Fink, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Charles Cummins, Seattle, WA (US);
Gerald F. Maffeo, Woodinville, WA (US);
Lyon K. F. Wong, Issaquah, WA (US);
Reiner Fink, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for providing information to a user when an application is in a hung state are provided. When an application is in a hung state, a dialogue box informing the user of options for responding to the hung application is displayed. An application window may also be replaced with a proxy window and the appearance of the proxy window may be altered when a user attempts to interact with the proxy window.