Unified communications application functionality in condensed views
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1. A computing device comprising:
- a processor;
a display in communication with the processor; and
memory that has loaded therein;
an operating system;
a first application; and
a second application, wherein the operating system is a window-less operating system that supports simultaneous presentment of graphical user interfaces (GUIs) of different applications on the display, and further wherein the operating system, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to perform acts comprising;
displaying a GUI of the first application over an entirety of the display, the GUI of the first application being of a first preset view;
responsive to receipt of an indication that the GUI of the first application is to be displayed as having a second preset view, displaying the GUI of the first application in a first region of the display, wherein the GUI of the first application is displayed as having the second preset view, and further wherein the first region of the display is less than an entirety of the display;
subsequent to the GUI of the first application being displayed in the second preset view and in the first region, receiving a user request to display a GUI of the second application concurrently with the GUI of the first application; and
responsive to receiving the user request, displaying the GUI of the second application in a second region of the display concurrently with the GUI of the first application when the GUI of the first application has the second preset view, wherein the first region of the display and the second region of the display are adjacent to one another.
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Abstract
A unified communications application is described herein. The unified communications application is displayable in one of two views: a full view and a condensed view. When displayed in the condensed view, which consumes less than fifty percent of a display screen, the unified communications application is employable by a user thereof to participate in real-time conversations/meetings with contacts of the user.
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1. A computing device comprising:
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a processor; a display in communication with the processor; and memory that has loaded therein; an operating system; a first application; and a second application, wherein the operating system is a window-less operating system that supports simultaneous presentment of graphical user interfaces (GUIs) of different applications on the display, and further wherein the operating system, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to perform acts comprising; displaying a GUI of the first application over an entirety of the display, the GUI of the first application being of a first preset view; responsive to receipt of an indication that the GUI of the first application is to be displayed as having a second preset view, displaying the GUI of the first application in a first region of the display, wherein the GUI of the first application is displayed as having the second preset view, and further wherein the first region of the display is less than an entirety of the display; subsequent to the GUI of the first application being displayed in the second preset view and in the first region, receiving a user request to display a GUI of the second application concurrently with the GUI of the first application; and responsive to receiving the user request, displaying the GUI of the second application in a second region of the display concurrently with the GUI of the first application when the GUI of the first application has the second preset view, wherein the first region of the display and the second region of the display are adjacent to one another. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method comprising:
at a tablet computing device that executes a window-less operating system; displaying, on a touch-sensitive display of the tablet computing device, a graphical user interface (GUI) of a first application in a first preset view, wherein the GUI of the first application in the first preset view consumes an entirety of the touch-sensitive display; responsive to detecting a predefined gesture over the touch-sensitive display, displaying, on the touch-sensitive display, the GUI of the first application in a second preset view, wherein the GUI of the first application in the second preset view consumes a first region of the touch-sensitive display that is less than an entirety of the touch-sensitive display; subsequent to the GUI of the first application being displayed in the second preset view and in the first region, receiving a user request to display a GUI of the second application concurrently with the GUI of the first application; displaying, in a second region of the display, a GUI of the second application concurrently with the GUI of the first application when the GUI of the first application is displayed in the second preset view, wherein the first region of the display and the second region of the display are adjacent to one another. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. Computer-readable memory storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform acts comprising:
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displaying, on a touch-sensitive display of a tablet computing device that is executing a window-less operating system, a graphical user interface (GUI) of a first application in a first preset view, wherein the GUI of the first application consumes an entirety of the touch-sensitive display of the tablet computing device when displayed in the first preset view; responsive to receiving an indication that the GUI of the first application is to be displayed in a second preset view rather than the first preset view, transitioning the graphical user interface of the first application from the first preset view to the second preset view, wherein the GUI of the first application consumes less of the touch-sensitive display when displayed in the second preset view; subsequent to the GUI of the first application being displayed in the second preset view, receiving a user request to display a GUI of a second application concurrently with the GUI of the first application; displaying the GUI of the second application concurrently with the GUI of the first application when the GUI of the first application is displayed in the second preset view, wherein the GUI of the second application and the GUI of the first application are adjacent to one another.
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