CUSTOMIZED MULTI-APPLICATION GRAPHICAL WINDOW

• US 20130091446A1
• Filed: 10/07/2011
• Published: 04/11/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/07/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Neralla, Murali, Potluri, Prasad Venkata
• Application Number:
  US13/269,434
• Publication Number:
  US 20130091446A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/763
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance

Abstract

A method, programmed medium and system are disclosed which provide the ability to create a customized executable graphical window (CGW) application by selecting desired regions or modules from different base applications. In one example, the system records the location of a selected region of an RGA, creates a CGW to include the selected region of the base RGA application and saves the CGW as a GUI executable application separate from the RGA. The user is enabled to run the CGW as a separate application without the need to switch among the various RGAs of which regions or modules have been included in the CGW.

Claims

1. A method for creating a customized executable graphical window interface application from selected displayed regions of two or more base applications, said method comprising:

displaying selected regions from two or more regions of base applications;

enabling a receipt of user input for determining a location of windows containing said selected regions on a user display screen;

saving said locations of said selected windows on said user display screen;

creating links between said selected regions and said base applications containing said regions to enable communication between said selected regions in said selected windows and corresponding base applications;

creating a customized graphics window (CGW) application containing said selected windows; and

enabling a saving of said CGW application as a separate executable application, separate from said base applications.

2. The method as set forth in claim 1 and further including:

enabling an opening of said CGW application in response to a user input;

determining base programs associated with said selected regions in said CGW application;

determining a running status of said base programs;

activating said links between said selected regions and said associated base programs to interfacing between input to said selected regions and said corresponding base programs; and

modifying display characteristics of said selected regions within said selected windows depending upon a running status of said corresponding base programs.

3. The method as set forth in claim 2 wherein said modified display characteristics include a displayed brightness intensity of said selected regions.

4. The method as set forth in claim 3 wherein regions associated with running base programs are illuminated with a different brightness intensity than regions associated with base programs which are not running.

5. The method as set forth in claim 4 wherein regions associated with base programs which are running are illuminated at a higher brightness intensity than regions associated with base programs which are not running.

6. The method as set forth in claim 2 and further including:

enabling receipt of user input to said selected regions of said CGW application;

responding to said user input to said selected regions as determined by said corresponding base program associated with said selected region; and

enabling a storing of said user input to a selected region to a base program associated with said selected region only if said associated base program is running.

7. The method as set forth in claim 6 and further including not storing user input to a selected region to a base program associated with said selected region if said associated base program is not running.

8. A computer program product comprising a computer-readable, tangible storage device(s) and computer-readable program instructions stored on the computer-readable, tangible storage device(s) for creating a customized executable graphical window interface application from selected displayed regions of two or more base applications, the computer-readable program instructions, when executed by a processing system, being operable for implementing a method comprising:

displaying selected regions from two or more regions of base applications;

enabling a receipt of user input for determining a location of windows containing said selected regions on a user display screen;

saving said locations of said selected windows on said user display screen;

creating links between said selected regions and said base applications containing said regions to enable communication between said selected regions in said selected windows and corresponding base applications;

creating a customized graphics window (CGW) application containing said selected windows; and

enabling a saving of said CGW application as a separate executable application, separate from said base applications.

9. The computer program product as set forth in claim 8 wherein said method further includes;

enabling an opening of said CGW application in response to a user input;

determining base programs associated with said selected regions in said CGW application;

determining a running status of said base programs;

activating said links between said selected regions and said associated base programs to interfacing between input to said selected regions and said corresponding base programs; and

modifying display characteristics of said selected regions within said selected windows depending upon a running status of said corresponding base programs.

10. The computer program product as set forth in claim 9 wherein said modified display characteristics include a displayed brightness intensity of said selected regions.

11. The computer program product as set forth in claim 10 wherein regions associated with running base programs are illuminated with a different brightness intensity than regions associated with base programs which are not running.

12. The computer program product as set forth in claim 11 wherein regions associated with base programs which are running are illuminated at a higher brightness intensity than regions associated with base programs which are not running.

13. The computer program product as set forth in claim 9 wherein said method further includes:

enabling receipt of user input to said selected regions of said CGW application;

responding to said user input to said selected regions as determined by said corresponding base program associated with said selected region; and

enabling a storing of said user input to a selected region to a base program associated with said selected region only if said associated base program is running.

14. The computer program product as set forth in claim 13 wherein said method further includes not storing user input to a selected region to a base program associated with said selected region if said associated base program is not running.

15. A system for creating a customized executable graphical window interface application from selected displayed regions of two or more base applications, said system comprising:

a display device for displaying selected regions from two or more regions of base applications;

means for enabling a receipt of user input for determining a location of windows containing said selected regions on a user display screen;

means for saving said locations of said selected windows on said user display screen;

means for creating links between said selected regions and said base applications containing said regions to enable communication between said selected regions in said selected windows and corresponding base applications;

means for creating a customized graphics window (CGW) application containing said selected windows; and

means for enabling a saving of said CGW application as a separate executable application, separate from said base applications.

16. The system as set forth in claim 15 and further including:

means for enabling an opening of said CGW application in response to a user input;

means for determining base programs associated with said selected regions in said CGW application;

means for determining a running status of said base programs;

means for activating said links between said selected regions and said associated base programs to interfacing between input to said selected regions and said corresponding base programs; and

means for modifying display characteristics of said selected regions within said selected windows depending upon a running status of said corresponding base programs.

17. The system as set forth in claim 16 wherein said modified display characteristics include a displayed brightness intensity of said selected regions.

18. The system as set forth in claim 17 wherein regions associated with running base programs are illuminated with a different brightness intensity than regions associated with base programs which are not running.

19. The system as set forth in claim 18 wherein regions associated with base programs which are running are illuminated at a higher brightness intensity than regions associated with base programs which are not running.

20. The system as set forth in claim 16 and further including:

means for enabling receipt of user input to said selected regions of said CGW application;

means for responding to said user input to said selected regions as determined by said corresponding base program associated with said selected region; and

means for enabling a storing of said user input to a selected region to a base program associated with said selected region only if said associated base program is running.