Information processing device, and method for changing execution priority

• US 9,360,989 B2
• Filed: 09/24/2013
• Issued: 06/07/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/11/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Client Computing Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Nakata, Takehiro, Maekawa, Hiroyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Nabi, Reza
• Application Number:
  US14/034,630
• Publication Number:
  US 20140108996A1
• Time in Patent Office: 987 Days
• Field of Search: 715/781
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04812 Interaction techniques based on cursor appearance or behaviour, e.g. being affected by the presence of displayed objects
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4881 Scheduling strategies for dispatcher, e.g. round robin, multi-level priority queues

Abstract

An information processing device includes a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to detect an instruction operation of drawing a trajectory of a position specified on a display screen so as to form the trajectory in a given shape, and change an execution priority of at least one program among a plurality of programs being executed when the instruction operation is detected.

Claims

1. An information processing device, comprising:

a non-transitory memory; and

a processor coupled to the non-transitory memory and configured to;

detect an instruction operation of drawing a trajectory of a position specified on a display screen so as to form the trajectory in a given shape,

determine whether the position specified by the detected instruction operation is included in one of a plurality of display windows on the display screen that each correspond to one of a plurality of programs being executed, wherein the determination is made on the basis of a plurality of positional relationships in which each of the plurality of positional relationships is between one of the plurality of display windows and the position specified by the detected instruction;

in response to determining that the position specified by the detected instruction operation is included in one of the display windows, the processor is further configured to;

select, from among the plurality of programs being executed, a first program that corresponds to the display window that includes the detected instruction operation; and

change an execution priority of the selected first program; and

in response to determining that the position specified by the detected instruction operation is not included in one of the display windows, the processor is further configured to;

display an operation window configured to receive an operation of changing execution priorities of the plurality of programs being executed; and

change, on the basis of a user interaction with a graphical element on the operation window that corresponds to a second program of the plurality of programs, an execution priority of the second program.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1,

wherein the processor detects either a first instruction operation of drawing a trajectory of a specified position so as to form the trajectory in a first shape or a second instruction operation of drawing a trajectory of a specified position so as to form the trajectory in a second shape, and

wherein when the first instruction operation is detected, the processor increases the execution priority of the selected first program, and when the second instruction operation is detected, the processor reduces the execution priority of the selected first program.

3. The information processing device according to claim 2,

wherein the first instruction operation is an operation of moving the specified position in a given direction, and the second instruction operation is an operation of moving the specified position in the opposite direction to the given direction of the first instruction operation.

4. The information processing device according to claim 2,

wherein when the first instruction operation is detected, the processor causes a display window corresponding to the selected first program to be displayed in the foreground.

5. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of programs are each associated with a corresponding display window and wherein the detection detects the trajectory of a position in the display window of the at least one program while the plurality of display windows are simultaneously displayed.

6. A method for changing an execution priority in an information processing device, comprising

detecting, by a processor, an instruction operation of drawing a trajectory of a position specified on a display screen so as to form the trajectory in a given shape;

determining whether the position specified by the detected instruction operation is included in one of a plurality of display windows on the display screen that each correspond to one of a plurality of programs being executed, wherein the determination is made on the basis of a plurality of positional relationships in which each of the plurality of positional relationships is between one of the plurality of display windows and the position specified by the detected instruction;

in response to determining that the position specified by the detected instruction operation is included in one of the display windows;

selecting, from among the plurality of programs being executed, a first program that corresponds to the display window that includes the detected instruction operation; and

changing an execution priority of the selected first program; and

in response to determining that the position specified by the detected instruction operation is not included in one of the display windows;

displaying an operation window configured to receive an operation of changing execution priorities of the plurality of programs being executed; and

changing, on the basis of a user interaction with a graphical element on the operation window that corresponds to a second program of the plurality of programs, an execution priority of the second program.

7. The method according to claim 6,

wherein in the detecting, either a first instruction operation of drawing a trajectory of a specified position so as to form the trajectory in a first shape or a second instruction operation of drawing a trajectory of a specified position so as to form the trajectory in a second shape is detected, and

wherein in the changing, when the first instruction operation is detected, the execution priority of the selected first program is increased, and when the second instruction operation is detected, the execution priority of the selected first program is reduced.

8. The method according to claim 7,

wherein the first instruction operation is an operation of moving the specified position in a given direction, and the second instruction operation is an operation of moving the specified position in the opposite direction to the given direction.

9. The method according to claim 7, further comprising

displaying a display window corresponding to the selected first program in the foreground when the first operation is detected.

10. The method according to claim 6, wherein the plurality of programs are each associated with a corresponding display window and wherein the detection detects the trajectory of a position in the display window of the at least one program while the plurality of display windows are simultaneously displayed.

11. A non-transitory machine readable medium storing a program that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform operations comprising

detecting, by a processor, an instruction operation of drawing a trajectory of a position specified on a display screen so as to form the trajectory in a given shape;

determining whether the position specified by the detected instruction operation is included in one of a plurality of display windows on the display screen that each correspond to one of a plurality of programs being executed, wherein the determination is made on the basis of a plurality of positional relationships in which each of the plurality of positional relationships is between one of the plurality of display windows and the position specified by the detected instruction;

in response to determining that the position specified by the detected instruction operation is included in one of the display windows;

selecting, from among a plurality of programs being executed, a first program that corresponds to the display window that includes the detected instruction operation; and

changing an execution priority of the selected first program; and

in response to determining that the position specified by the detected instruction operation is not included in one of the display windows;

displaying an operation window configured to receive an operation of changing execution priorities of the plurality of programs being executed; and

changing, on the basis of a user interaction with a graphical element on the operation window that corresponds to a second program of the plurality of programs, an execution priority of the second program.

12. The non-transitory machine readable medium according to claim 11,

wherein in the detecting, either a first instruction operation of drawing a trajectory of a specified position so as to form the trajectory in a first shape or a second instruction operation of drawing a trajectory of a specified position so as to form the trajectory in a second shape is detected, and

wherein in the selecting, when the first instruction operation is detected, increasing the execution priority of the selected first program, and when the second instruction operation is detected, decreasing the execution priority of the selected first program.

13. The non-transitory machine readable medium according to claim 12,

wherein the first instruction operation is an operation of moving the specified position in a given direction, and the second instruction operation is an operation of moving the specified position in the opposite direction to the given direction of the first instruction operation.

14. The non-transitory machine readable medium according to claim 12,

wherein when the first instruction operation is detected, a display window that corresponds to the selected first program is displayed in the foreground.

15. The non-transitory machine readable medium according to claim 11, wherein the plurality of programs are each associated with a corresponding display window and wherein the detection detects the trajectory of a position in the display window of the at least one program while the plurality of display windows are simultaneously displayed.