METHOD OF MANAGING APPLICATIONS IN A MULTI-MONITOR COMPUTER SYSTEM AND MULTI-MONITOR COMPUTER SYSTEM EMPLOYING THE METHOD
First Claim
1. A system comprising a plurality of displays operatively associated with at least one computing device executing an application management procedure, said application management procedure determining instances of applications available on the displays and enabling an application selected from one display that is available on another display to be moved from that other display.
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Abstract
A method of managing applications in a multi-monitor computer system (20) comprising a plurality of displays (22 to 26 and 30 to 34), comprises displaying representations of available applications in the multi-monitor computer system on one of the displays and in response to selection of a representation of an application that is available on a different display, transferring the application associated with the selected representation to the display from which the selection was made.
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43 Claims
- 1. A system comprising a plurality of displays operatively associated with at least one computing device executing an application management procedure, said application management procedure determining instances of applications available on the displays and enabling an application selected from one display that is available on another display to be moved from that other display.
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14. A method of managing applications in a multi-monitor computer system comprising a plurality of displays, said method comprising:
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displaying representations of available applications in the multi-monitor computer system on at least one of the displays; and in response to selection of a representation of an application that is available on a different display, transferring the application associated with the selected representation to the display from which the selection was made. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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- 25. A multi-monitor computer system comprising a plurality of displays operatively associated with a central computing device executing an application management procedure, said application management procedure, in response to user input made on one of said displays, at least determining applications running on said central computing device that are available for presentation on the displays, and displaying selectable representations of the applications on the one display, said application management procedure in response to selection of a displayed representation associated with an application available on a display different from said one display, moving the availability of the application corresponding to the selected representation from the different display to the one display.
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37. A computer readable medium embodying a computer program for managing applications in a multi-monitor computer system comprising a plurality of displays, said computer program comprising:
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program code for displaying representations of available applications in the multi-monitor computer system on at least one of the displays; and program code for, in response to selection of a representation of an application available on a different display, transferring the application associated with the selected representation to the display from which the selection was made.
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38. A method of managing applications in a multi-monitor computer system comprising a plurality of displays, said method comprising:
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displaying at least one application move icon associated with an application window presented on one of said displays; and in response to selection of the at least one application move icon, transferring display of the application window from the one display to another display. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A computer readable medium embodying a computer program for managing applications in a multi-monitor computer system comprising a plurality of displays, said computer program comprising:
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program code for displaying at least one application move icon associated with an application window presented on one of said displays; and program code for, in response to selection of the at least one application move icon, transferring display of the application window from the one display to another display.
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Specification