Method of launching a selected application in a multi-monitor computer system and multi-monitor computer system employing the same
First Claim
1. A method of launching a selected application in a multi-monitor computer system comprising a plurality of interactive whiteboards communicating with at least one computing device, each interactive whiteboard comprising a touch surface, said method comprising:
- assigning each interactive whiteboard of the multi-monitor computer system a unique identifier thereby to register each interactive whiteboard with said at least one computing device, each interactive whiteboard transmitting its assigned unique identifier to said at least one computing device with every touch event thereon;
designating one of the registered interactive whiteboards as a default interactive whiteboard;
at the at least one computing device, determining if an application launch event was initiated from a registered interactive whiteboard of said multi-monitor computer system by determining the existence of a valid unique identifier accompanying the launch event; and
if so, launching the application associated with the launch event so that the launched application appears on the registered interactive whiteboard and if not, launching the application associated with the launch event so that the launched application appears on the default interactive whiteboard of said multi-monitor computer system.
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Abstract
A method of launching a selected application in a multi-monitor computer system (20) comprising a plurality of displays (22 to 26) operatively associated with at least one computing device (28) comprises in response to an application launch event, determining if the launch event was initiated from a registered display of the multi-monitor computer system; and if so, launching the application associated with the launch event on the registered display and if not, launching the application associated with the launch event on a default display of the multi-monitor computer system.
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1. A method of launching a selected application in a multi-monitor computer system comprising a plurality of interactive whiteboards communicating with at least one computing device, each interactive whiteboard comprising a touch surface, said method comprising:
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assigning each interactive whiteboard of the multi-monitor computer system a unique identifier thereby to register each interactive whiteboard with said at least one computing device, each interactive whiteboard transmitting its assigned unique identifier to said at least one computing device with every touch event thereon; designating one of the registered interactive whiteboards as a default interactive whiteboard; at the at least one computing device, determining if an application launch event was initiated from a registered interactive whiteboard of said multi-monitor computer system by determining the existence of a valid unique identifier accompanying the launch event; and if so, launching the application associated with the launch event so that the launched application appears on the registered interactive whiteboard and if not, launching the application associated with the launch event so that the launched application appears on the default interactive whiteboard of said multi-monitor computer system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11)
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10. A non-transitory computer readable medium embodying a computer program for launching a selected application in a multi-monitor computer system, said multi-monitor computer system comprising a plurality of interactive whiteboards communicating with a common computing device, said computer program comprising:
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program code for assigning each interactive whiteboard of the multi-monitor computer system a unique identifier thereby to register each interactive whiteboard with said computing device, each interactive whiteboard transmitting its assigned unique identifier to the common computing device with every touch event thereon; program code for designating one of the registered interactive display devices as a default interactive whiteboard; program code for determining if an application launch event was initiated from a registered interactive whiteboard of said multi-monitor computer system by determining the existence of a valid unique identifier accompanying the launch event; and program code for, if so, launching the application associated with the launch event so that the launched application appears on the registered interactive whiteboard and if not, launching the application associated with the launch event so that the launched application appears on the default interactive whiteboard of said multi-monitor computer system.
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12. A computing device comprising memory storing an application launching procedure and a processing unit communicating with said memory, execution of said application launching procedure by said processing unit causing said computing device at least to:
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assign each of a plurality of interactive whiteboards of a multi-monitor computer system a unique identifier thereby to register each interactive whiteboard with said computing device, each interactive whiteboard transmitting its assigned unique identifier to the computing device with every touch event thereon; designate one of the registered interactive display devices as a default interactive whiteboard; determine if an application launch event was initiated from a registered interactive whiteboard by determining the existence of a valid unique identifier accompanying the launch event; and if so, launch the application associated with the launch event so that the launched application appears on the registered interactive whiteboard and if not, launch the application associated with the launch event so that the launched application appears on the default interactive whiteboard. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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