INTEGRATED GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE
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1. A method, comprising:
- receiving a first graphical user interface of a first computer-executable application;
receiving a second graphical user interface of a second computer-executable application;
accessing a data store that comprises a configuration, the configuration defining display parameters when at least a portion of the first graphical user interface and a portion of the second graphical user interface are displayed together as an integrated graphical user interface on a display screen; and
displaying at least the portion of the first graphical user interface and the portion of the second graphical user interface as the integrated graphical user interface on the display screen based at least in part upon contents of the configuration, the integrated graphical user interface appearing to an end user as belonging to a single computer-executable application.
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Abstract
A system described herein includes a receiver component that receives a first graphical user interface of a first computer-executable application and a second graphical user interface of a second computer-executable application. The system also includes an integration component that automatically causes a portion of the first graphical user interface and a portion of the second graphical user interface to be simultaneously displayed on a display screen in an integrated graphical user interface that appears to an end user as being a single application.
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20 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving a first graphical user interface of a first computer-executable application; receiving a second graphical user interface of a second computer-executable application; accessing a data store that comprises a configuration, the configuration defining display parameters when at least a portion of the first graphical user interface and a portion of the second graphical user interface are displayed together as an integrated graphical user interface on a display screen; and displaying at least the portion of the first graphical user interface and the portion of the second graphical user interface as the integrated graphical user interface on the display screen based at least in part upon contents of the configuration, the integrated graphical user interface appearing to an end user as belonging to a single computer-executable application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system, comprising:
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a receiver component that receives; a first graphical user interface of a first computer-executable application; and a second graphical user interface of a second computer-executable application; and an integration component that automatically causes a portion of the first graphical user interface and a portion of the second graphical user interface to be simultaneously displayed on a display screen in an integrated graphical user interface that appears to an end user as being a single application. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A computer-readable data storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform acts comprising:
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receiving a first graphical user interface of a first computer-executable application executing in a first logical partition; receiving a second graphical user interface of a second computer-executable application executing in a second logical partition; selecting a portion of the first graphical user interface that is to be displayed in an integrated graphical user interface to an end user; selecting a portion of the second graphical user interface that is to be displayed in the integrated graphical user interface to the end user; selecting a first position on a display screen to display the portion of the first graphical user interface; selecting a second position on the display screen to display the portion of the second graphical user interface; and causing the portion of the first graphical user interface and the portion of the second graphical user interface to be concurrently displayed on the display screen in the integrated graphical user interface at the first position and the second position, respectively, wherein the integrated graphical user interface appears to an end user as being for a single application.
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