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Connecting Standard Operating System Windows with a Visual Tack

  • US 20100031189A1
  • Filed: 08/01/2008
  • Published: 02/04/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/01/2008
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A computer program product for displaying an electronic tack comprising a computer readable program, wherein the computer readable program when executed on at least one computer causes the at least one computer to:

  • implement user instructions to open at least two separate user windows on a display;

    implement user instructions to overlap the at least two separate windows;

    implement user instructions to position an electronic tack icon at a user selected position on an overlapping portion of the at least two separate windows by;

    obtaining a pixel position for the user selected position;

    determining which of the at least two separate windows are located at the pixel position and storing the result of this determination in a manager application;

    associating a command application with each of the at least two separate windows, wherein the command application determines when a command has been applied to one of the at least two separate windows located at the pixel position and distributes that command to all windows located at the pixel position; and

    causing an electronic tack icon to be displayed at the user selected position;

    implement each of the following commands simultaneously for all windows at the pixel position and under the electronic tack when selected for a single window under the electronic tack;

    move window, bring window to front of non-tacked windows, close window,wherein the electronic tack icon displays the number of windows located at the pixel position and under the electronic tack.

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