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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2002
David P. Vronay, Bellevue, WA (US);
Lili Cheng, Bellevue, WA (US);
Baining Guo, Beijing, CN;
Sean U. Kelly, Seattle, WA (US);
David P. Vronay, Bellevue, WA (US);
Lili Cheng, Bellevue, WA (US);
Baining Guo, Beijing, CN;
Sean U. Kelly, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
An operating system shell has an underlying desktop object that is rendered according to different views. The operating system shell renders on a display screen a desktop graphical user interface with windows, tools, icons, etc. that are within a segment of the desktop object that can be observed (i.e., rendered) from one of the views. In illustrated implementations, the desktop object is of an extent that is greater than can be rendered from a single view. Allowing a user to select or access different views of the desktop object effectively provides an extended desktop that overcomes the fixed and limited display capabilities of conventional operating system shells.