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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2011
Christina L. Rhodes, Kirkland, WA (US);
Matthew P. Duignan, Seattle, WA (US);
Peter Seraphim Ponomarev, Seattle, WA (US);
Mark Yalovsky, Seattle, WA (US);
Rolf A. Ebeling, Kirkland, WA (US);
Christina L. Rhodes, Kirkland, WA (US);
Matthew P. Duignan, Seattle, WA (US);
Peter Seraphim Ponomarev, Seattle, WA (US);
Mark Yalovsky, Seattle, WA (US);
Rolf A. Ebeling, Kirkland, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments for process relationship management are described. In at least some embodiments, a user interface is presented that provides an integrated view of processes that are running on a computing device and relationships between the processes. For example, the user interface can display a visual indication that a first process is related to a second process and that if a user closes the first process, the second process will also close as a result. Further to one or more embodiments, the user interface can display status messages regarding processes, such as that a process is not responding to a request to close or that a process is waiting on user input.