Method of launching an application and selecting the application target window
First Claim
1. A method of launching an application on a display via a graphical user interface (GUI), the GUI including a taskbar in a first portion of the GUI and a plurality of windows in a second portion of the GUI, the method comprising the steps of:
- displaying, in the taskbar, an icon representative of the application, wherein the application relates to a vehicular subsystem;
displaying a miniature representation of the plurality of windows on the GUI in response to a selection of the icon, the miniature representation of the plurality of windows including a plurality of mini-windows corresponding to the plurality of windows and representing the plurality of windows in which the application may be launched; and
launching and materializing the application corresponding to the icon in a selected one of the plurality of windows in response to determining, based on user input, that the icon has been dragged to a selected one of the plurality of mini-windows corresponding to the selected one of the plurality of windows and released within the selected one of the plurality of mini-windows.
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Abstract
A method of launching a software program or application is provided for use with a graphical user interface (GUI) display. One portion of the GUI display includes a taskbar while a second portion is divided into a plurality of windows. To launch one of the programs/applications represented by the icons within the taskbar, the user first selects the icon representing the icon to be launched. Once an icon is selected, a visual cue is displayed, where the visual cue includes a plurality of mini-windows representing the plurality of display windows. When the user drags the selected icon into one of the mini-windows and then releases the icon, the selected program/application is launched in the window that corresponds to the selected mini-window.
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21 Claims
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1. A method of launching an application on a display via a graphical user interface (GUI), the GUI including a taskbar in a first portion of the GUI and a plurality of windows in a second portion of the GUI, the method comprising the steps of:
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displaying, in the taskbar, an icon representative of the application, wherein the application relates to a vehicular subsystem; displaying a miniature representation of the plurality of windows on the GUI in response to a selection of the icon, the miniature representation of the plurality of windows including a plurality of mini-windows corresponding to the plurality of windows and representing the plurality of windows in which the application may be launched; and launching and materializing the application corresponding to the icon in a selected one of the plurality of windows in response to determining, based on user input, that the icon has been dragged to a selected one of the plurality of mini-windows corresponding to the selected one of the plurality of windows and released within the selected one of the plurality of mini-windows. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An A vehicular interface system for providing access to a plurality of vehicular subsystems, the vehicular interface system comprising:
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a display; a memory; a processor operably coupled to the display and the memory, where the memory includes instructions for causing the processor to; display a graphical user interface (GUI) on the display, the GUI including a taskbar in a first portion of the GUI and a plurality of windows in a second portion of the GUI; display, in the taskbar, an icon representative of an application; display a miniature representation of the plurality of windows on the GUI in response to a selection of the icon, the miniature representation of the plurality of windows including a plurality of mini-windows corresponding to the plurality of windows and representing the plurality of windows in which the application may be launched; and launch and materialize the application corresponding to the icon in a selected one of the plurality of windows in response to determining, based on user input, that the icon has been dragged to a selected one of the plurality of mini-windows corresponding to the selected one of the plurality of windows and released within the selected one of the plurality of mini-windows. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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Specification