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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2008
Robert J. Jarrett, Snohomish, WA (US);
Bret P. Anderson, Kirkland, WA (US);
Stephan Hoefnagels, Seattle, WA (US);
Chaitanya Dev Sareen, Seattle, WA (US);
Robert J. Jarrett, Snohomish, WA (US);
Bret P. Anderson, Kirkland, WA (US);
Stephan Hoefnagels, Seattle, WA (US);
Chaitanya Dev Sareen, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Methods, user interfaces, and computer-readable media for displaying thumbnail copies of running items for a particular running application on a display are provided. The displayed thumbnail copies are interactive, and provide the user with an easy and efficient way to identify and manage multiple items, such as windows, that are concurrently running. The thumbnail copies are either snapshots or real-time displays of the corresponding running items, depending on whether the running item is minimized or maximized at the time the thumbnail copies are displayed. The user interacts with the thumbnail copies by choosing to either close a particular running item by selecting the closing icon on the corresponding thumbnail copy, or view a particular running item on the display by selecting the corresponding thumbnail in any location other than the closing icon.