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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2006
Paul Byrne, Los Altos, CA (US);
Hideya Kawahara, Mountain View, CA (US);
Frank E. Ludolph, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Paul Byrne, Los Altos, CA (US);
Hideya Kawahara, Mountain View, CA (US);
Frank E. Ludolph, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that uses a zooming effect to provide additional display space to manage applications. In one mode of operation, the system presents an image of a computer desktop to the user on a display device. When the system receives a request from a user to provide additional display space in a display device for application management purposes, the system decreases the size of the computer desktop in the display device to provide an extended display area. The system then facilitates application management by displaying items useful for application management in this extended display area. By providing the extended display area, the system allows the user to access such items easily and efficiently without losing the context of the computer desktop.