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Multiple display device taskbars

A display device and taskbar technology, which is applied to program control devices, instruments, computing, etc., and can solve problems such as the influence of traditional technologies in the display area.

Inactive Publication Date: 2013-02-27
MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC
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However, this increase in display area can also negatively impact traditional techniques for user interaction, which are often based on a single computing device

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[0016] Users often employ multiple display devices when interacting with a single computing device to increase the amount of display area available for displaying data to the user. However, conventional display environments are often designed with a single display device in mind. Thus, even where the display environment can be extended across multiple display devices, this extension can hinder the interactions supported by traditional display environments. For example, some conventional display environments include a single taskbar accessible to a single one of the display devices. Accordingly, interaction with this taskbar can become cumbersome, can involve crossing the boundaries of multiple display devices to interact with the taskbar (eg, switch windows), can reduce a user's ability to locate a desired application, and so on.

[0017] A display environment of a plurality of display devices is described. In one or more implementations, the display env...

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Multiple display device taskbars are described. A system is described that includes at least one or more modules implemented at least partially in hardware. The one or more modules are operable to configure a display environment of a computing device to display a first taskbar for display on a first display device of the display environment, the first taskbar configured to include a representation of a plurality of applications that are executed by the computing device. The one or more modules are also operable to configure a second taskbar for display on a second display device of the display environment, the second taskbar configured to include a representation of at least one application that corresponds to a user interface configured for output on the second display device and does not include a representation of another application that corresponds to a user interface configured for output on the first display device.

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Background technique [0001] Users access the ever-increasing functionality available through computing devices. From browsers to word processors, spreadsheets, calendars, and e-mail applications, users can execute a wide variety of applications at any one time to view information from them. [0002] To increase the amount of information viewable at a given time, a user may employ multiple display devices (eg, monitors) communicatively coupled to a single computing device. In this way, the user increases the amount of area available for displaying data from applications executing on the computing device. However, this increase in display area can also negatively impact conventional techniques for user interaction, which are typically based on a single computing device. Contents of the invention [0003] Describes a multi-display taskbar. In one or more implementations, the system includes at least one or more modules implemented at least partially in hardware. The one or ...

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IPC IPC(8): G06F9/44
CPCG06F9/4443G06F9/451
Inventor B.P.安德森黄子欣萧玮婷
Owner MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC