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Repositioning windows in the pop-up window

  • US 9,223,426 B2
  • Filed: 09/28/2011
  • Issued: 12/29/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/01/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of displaying a plurality of desktops and/or applications, each having at least one window, on a multi-screen device, comprising:

  • receiving, by a processor, a first input that represents an instruction to reveal one of a desktop or application on a first display of the multi-screen device;

    selecting, by a processor, a first desktop or application to display on the first display;

    modifying a window stack to include the first desktop or application;

    receiving, by a processor , a second input that represents an instruction to reveal one of a desktop or application on a second display of the multi-screen device;

    selecting, by a processor, a second desktop or application to display on the second display;

    modifying the window stack to include the second desktop or application, wherein the window stack includes the second desktop, the first desktop, the first application, the second application, and at least one other inactive application, associated with an application currently running but not currently displayed on the first and second displays;

    displaying, by a processor, the selected first and second desktops or applications on the first and second displays;

    receiving, by a processor, a third input that represents an instruction to launch an application manager feature;

    displaying, by a processor, an application manager window associated with the application manager feature, wherein the application manager window displays at least one other application or desktop currently running on the device but not currently displayed on the first and second displays;

    determining, by a processor, a desired order for the window stack comprising the first and second applications, the first and second desktops, and said inactive application , wherein the window stack is a logical arrangement of active and inactive windows currently executing on the multi-screen device, wherein the logical order represents how the active and inactive windows are to be displayed during navigation through the active and inactive windows;

    receiving, by a processor, a fourth input that represents an instruction to selectively move one of said first and second application or desktop, or said inactive applications, within the window stack to a different position;

    displaying, by a processor, a representation of the window stack, in the application manager window, in a new order in response to said fourth input; and

    wherein at least one management window appears on said first and second displays, and the other applications or desktops are arranged linearly within the management window from left to right, and the left to right order of the other applications or desktops corresponds to an order of the other applications or desktops within the window stack.

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