Notification of state transition of an out-of-focus application
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1. A method, comprising:
- monitoring the state of a software application, said application having multiple possible states, said application running in out-of-focus mode;
displaying a displayed icon on a computer screen indicating a current state of said application; and
in response to a change of state of said application from said current state to a new state, changing said displayed icon representing said current state to a different displayed icon representing said new state, said application continuing to run in out-of-focus mode.
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Abstract
A method, a computer program product, a computer system and a method for supporting an application. The method includes: monitoring the state of a software application, the application having multiple possible states, the application running in out-of-focus mode; displaying a displayed icon on a computer screen indicating a current state of the application; and in response to a change of state of the application from the current state to a new state, changing the displayed icon representing the current state to a different displayed icon representing the new state, the application continuing to run in out-of-focus mode.
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1. A method, comprising:
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monitoring the state of a software application, said application having multiple possible states, said application running in out-of-focus mode; displaying a displayed icon on a computer screen indicating a current state of said application; and in response to a change of state of said application from said current state to a new state, changing said displayed icon representing said current state to a different displayed icon representing said new state, said application continuing to run in out-of-focus mode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A computer program product, comprising a computer useable medium having a computer readable program therein, wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to:
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execute an application coded in said computer readable program; monitor the state of said application, said application having multiple possible states, said application running in out-of-focus mode; display a displayed icon on a computer screen indicating a current state of said application; and in response to a change of state of said application from said current state to a new state, change said displayed icon representing said current state to a different displayed icon representing said new state, said application continuing to run in out-of-focus mode. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer system comprising a processor, an address/data bus coupled to said processor, and a computer-readable memory unit coupled to communicate with said processor, said memory unit containing instructions that when executed implement a method for dynamically notifying a user of a change in state of an application running on said computer system, said method comprising the computer implemented steps of:
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monitoring the state of said application, said application having multiple possible states, said application running in out-of-focus mode; displaying a displayed icon on a computer screen indicating a current state;
of said application; andin response to a change of state of said application from said current state to a new state, changing said displayed icon representing said current state to a different displayed icon representing said new state, said application continuing to run in out-of-focus mode. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A process for supporting computer infrastructure, said process comprising providing at least one support service for at least one of creating, integrating, hosting, maintaining, and deploying computer-readable code in a computing system, wherein the code in combination with the computing system is capable of performing a method for user notification of a state transition of an out-of-focus application, said method comprising:
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monitoring the state of said application, said application having multiple possible states, said application running in out-of-focus mode; displaying a displayed icon on a computer screen indicating a current state of said application; and in response to a change of state of said application from said current state to a new state, changing said displayed icon representing said current state to a different displayed icon representing said new state, said application continuing to run in out-of-focus mode. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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