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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2008
Rebecca Jeanette Deutsch, Seattle, WA (US);
Benjamin Alexander Betz, Redmond, WA (US);
Stephan Hoefnagels, Seattle, WA (US);
Chaitanya D. Sareen, Seattle, WA (US);
Bret P. Anderson, Kirkland, WA (US);
Robert James Jarrett, Snohomish, WA (US);
Rebecca Jeanette Deutsch, Seattle, WA (US);
Benjamin Alexander Betz, Redmond, WA (US);
Stephan Hoefnagels, Seattle, WA (US);
Chaitanya D. Sareen, Seattle, WA (US);
Bret P. Anderson, Kirkland, WA (US);
Robert James Jarrett, Snohomish, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention provide a method, system, and media for intelligently presenting buttons that correspond to running windows as well as a set of application launchers that launch instances of software applications. One version of the method includes receiving an indication that an instance of a software application has been invoked by a launching mechanism, which leads to creating a windowed process in which to present the instance of the software application; determining that at least one of the application launchers was the launching mechanism; automatically removing the launcher(s) from view; and presenting a button that corresponds to the windowed process.