Virtual screen display system
First Claim
1. A virtual screen display system comprising:
- input means for inputting information;
display means for displaying images on a screen;
application processing means for executing a plurality of applications;
virtual screen processing means for setting a virtual screen larger than an actual screen of said display means, displaying a part of said virtual screen as a real screen on said display means, and controlling a position of said real screen as needed in accordance with an operational input made by using said input means;
window processing means operable in association with said application processing means and said virtual screen processing means for arranging display screens based on execution of said applications as application windows on said virtual screen;
list display instructing means for instructing a display of a list of application windows to be used by applications currently run by said application processing means, by an operational input made by said input means; and
list display processing means for collecting window information including application information indicative of running applications and position information of said application windows of said running applications on said virtual screen, application by application, and displaying a window information list based on said window information on said display means.
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Abstract
A virtual screen processing section sets a virtual screen larger than is allowed by the display performance of the screen of a display section, displays a part of the virtual screen as a real screen on the display section, and controls the position of the real screen as needed in accordance with an operational input made by using the information input section. A window processing section arranges display screens based on the execution of individual applications as application windows on the virtual screen. A list display instructing section instructs the display of a list of application windows. A list display processing section collects window information including application information indicative of running applications and position information of the application windows of the running applications on the virtual screen, application by application, and displays a window information list based on the window information.
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24 Claims
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1. A virtual screen display system comprising:
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input means for inputting information; display means for displaying images on a screen; application processing means for executing a plurality of applications; virtual screen processing means for setting a virtual screen larger than an actual screen of said display means, displaying a part of said virtual screen as a real screen on said display means, and controlling a position of said real screen as needed in accordance with an operational input made by using said input means; window processing means operable in association with said application processing means and said virtual screen processing means for arranging display screens based on execution of said applications as application windows on said virtual screen; list display instructing means for instructing a display of a list of application windows to be used by applications currently run by said application processing means, by an operational input made by said input means; and list display processing means for collecting window information including application information indicative of running applications and position information of said application windows of said running applications on said virtual screen, application by application, and displaying a window information list based on said window information on said display means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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