Using a zooming effect to provide additional display space for managing applications
First Claim
1. A method for using a zooming effect to provide additional display space for application management, comprising:
- receiving a request from a user to provide additional display space in a display device for application management, wherein a display device presents an image of a computer desktop to the user; and
in response to the request, decreasing the size of the computer desktop in the display device to provide an extended display area, anddisplaying an item in the extended display area,wherein providing the extended display area allows the user to access the item easily and efficiently without losing the context of the computer desktop.
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Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that uses a zooming effect to provide additional display space to manage applications. In one mode of operation, the system presents an image of a computer desktop to the user on a display device. When the system receives a request from a user to provide additional display space in a display device for application management purposes, the system decreases the size of the computer desktop in the display device to provide an extended display area. The system then facilitates application management by displaying items useful for application management in this extended display area. By providing the extended display area, the system allows the user to access such items easily and efficiently without losing the context of the computer desktop.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for using a zooming effect to provide additional display space for application management, comprising:
receiving a request from a user to provide additional display space in a display device for application management, wherein a display device presents an image of a computer desktop to the user; and in response to the request, decreasing the size of the computer desktop in the display device to provide an extended display area, and displaying an item in the extended display area, wherein providing the extended display area allows the user to access the item easily and efficiently without losing the context of the computer desktop. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that when executed by a computer cause the computer to perform a method for using a zooming effect to provide additional display space for application management, the method comprising:
receiving a request from a user to provide additional display space in a display device for application management, wherein a display device presents an image of a computer desktop to the user; and in response to the request, decreasing the size of the computer desktop in the display device to provide an extended display area, and displaying an item in the extended display area, wherein providing the extended display area allows the user to access the item easily and efficiently without losing the context of the computer desktop. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An apparatus that uses a zooming effect to provide additional display space for application management, comprising:
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a receiving mechanism configured to receive a request from a user to provide additional display space in a display device for application management, wherein a display device presents an image of a computer desktop to the user; and a display mechanism configured to, in response to the request; decrease the size of the computer desktop in the display device to provide an extended display area, and display an item in the extended display area, wherein providing the extended display area allows the user to access the item easily and efficiently without losing the context of the computer desktop.
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