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Window grouping mechanism for creating, manipulating and displaying windows and window groups on a display screen of a computer system

  • US 5,995,103 A
  • Filed: 05/10/1996
  • Issued: 11/30/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/10/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a computer system including a display screen and at least one application program for defining a respective set of application-specific windows that correspond to the application program and which may be displayed on the display screen, a window manager comprising:

  • a window grouping mechanism interactively coupled to the application program for efficiently organizing the set of application-specific windows into window groups for selective display on the display screen, the window grouping mechanism comprising;

    A. means for organizing the set of predefined application-specific windows for the at least one application program into a plurality of window groups such that each window group may contain a different subset of the respective application-specific windows;

    B. means for allowing a window group of the at least one application program to encompass one or more other window groups of the at least one application programs; and

    C. means for selecting, in response to opening the application program, one of the window groups so that the application program is represented on the display screen by the corresponding subset of the respective application-specific windows within the selected window group.

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