180 results about "Taskbar" patented technology

The present invention provides a system or method for displaying rich presentation taskbar buttons for a corresponding application. In one example, the rich presentation taskbar button may receive content from an application through a programming interface. The present invention further relates to a system and method for displaying a rich presentation taskbar button and for displaying and/or dismissing a thumbnail of an application window associated with the rich presentation taskbar button. The present invention may further include a system and method of pinning the thumbnail on a display or dismissing a thumbnail. The present invention also relates to a system and method for displaying multiple taskbar buttons in a taskbar including controlling the size of individual taskbar buttons, consolidating taskbar buttons and placing taskbar buttons into an overflow based on the type of taskbar button in the taskbar.

Methods and systems for transparent user interface integration between remote (“published”) applications and their local counterparts are described, providing a seamless, unified user experience, and allowing integration of a start menu, dock, taskbar, desktop shortcuts, windows, window and application switching, system tray elements, client-to-host and host-to-client file type association, URL redirection, browser cookie redirection, token redirection, status message interception and redirection, and other elements. These methods and systems further enhance theme-integration between a client and remote desktop or virtual machine by remoting all UI elements to a recipient for generation, including text controls, buttons, progress bars, radio buttons, list boxes, or other elements; presenting them with the receiver's product and OS-specific UI; and returning status back to the sender. This may achieve a more unified and transparent UI integration. Furthermore, international text may be correctly received in cross-language environments, or translated into the language of the presenting environment.

Methods and system for enhancing user experience when rendering digital media content. Defining a visible region of the window in which a media player user interface (UI) is presented to clip undesirable portions of the window provides an improved media player UI. Further aspects are directed to enhancing user experience when rendering digital media content in mini-mode screen presentation mode.

A local computing device may use a remote computing device to host various resources on behalf of the local computing device. The local computing device may receive data related to a graphical window of the remotely hosted resource and generate a graphical window on the local desktop environment for the remotely hosted resource. The local computing device may also update a taskbar to include the remote hosted resource. Window previews may also be generated by the local computing device and the window previews may include snapshots or dynamic images of the graphical window for the remotely hosted resource. In some instances, the snapshots may be provided to the local computing device from the remote computing device.

The present disclosure features methods and systems for updating a taskbar, generated and displayed by a local computer, with a user interface element representative of a remote application executing on a remote computer and application output generated by the remote application. These methods and system include a local client receiving application output generated by a remote application and remote window configuration information, generating an application output window comprising local taskbar grouping configuration information, and updating a taskbar responsive to the local taskbar grouping configuration information.

An abbreviated user interface for instant messaging (or other type of communications occurring in a graphical user interface environment permitting concurrent running of multiple application) is provided. The abbreviated user interface is different from a related primary user interface and is presented when the primary user interface is instantiated, yet is not on top of a z-order of a graphical environment. The abbreviated user interface can be a light-weight one that permits a user to quickly read messages. In one embodiment, a user can create outgoing messages using the abbreviated user interface. Presentation of the abbreviated user interface can require a user action, such as hovering a pointer over a task bar element for a duration or pressing a hot-key combination. In one embodiment, presentation of an otherwise unread message within the abbreviated interface for a designated time can cause the message to be marked as read.

In a computing environment comprising multiple desktop windows displayed to a user of a client computer, a method to manage client application windows associated with applications configured to run on the client computer is provided. The method includes detecting user input regarding movement of a client application window from a client desktop window to a remote desktop window, removing a task bar icon associated with the client application window from a task bar displayed in the client desktop window, instructing the remote computer to generate a drone of the client application window in the remote desktop window and to display the task bar icon associated with the client application window in a task bar of the remote desktop window, and displaying the client application window always on top of all other windows. The method may further include applying appropriate clipping region to the client application window.

A method for providing a user interface, the method includes displaying a foreground application window on a touch screen of a mobile communication device, detecting an input pattern for displaying a multi-tasking bar, displaying the multi-tasking bar on the touch screen in response to detecting the input pattern for displaying the multi-tasking bar, the multi-tasking bar configured to divide the touch screen into at least two areas, and resizing the foreground application window within a first area of the at least two areas.

A system and process for managing the presentation of windows on the display screen of a computing device is presented. In general, this is a multiple-mode window presentation system and process that displays one or more of the peripheral graphic user interface (GUI) elements typically displayed on the display screen in addition to a window, such as the frame and title bar of the window and any task bar or side bar, in a first appearance mode when the window is maximized. However, when the window is displayed in a less-than-maximized size, one or more of the peripheral GUI elements are displayed in a second appearance mode which is substantially different from the first. In general the second appearance mode is designed to attract the attention of a user to the peripheral GUI elements, while the first mode is designed to avoid distracting the user from the content of the maximized window.

A method and system for secure automatic user login to a destination website in a single action, without the use of a file manager, cookies, or without storing user login information in a data folder having restricted access or that is external to the user PC. A user computer having a display, a mouse, and a browser is activated for establishing an Internet connection. The connection may be established from the user computer to the destination website with a single mouse click or a single touch on a displayed vendor icon or other symbol placed on a displayed graphic of the user PC display such as the desktop, task bar, or tool bar during a prior setup process. During the setup, an encrypted token is produced encrypting the user credential information. The encrypted token may be stored in the user data folder.

A method of launching a software program or application is provided for use with a graphical user interface (GUI) display. One portion of the GUI display includes a taskbar while a second portion is divided into a plurality of windows. To launch one of the programs/applications represented by the icons within the taskbar, the user first selects the icon representing the icon to be launched. When the user drags the selected icon into one of the windows and then releases the icon, the selected program/application is launched in the selected window.

The invention is a method of notifying a user of activity in an instant messaging session in a computer having a graphical user interface including a display, a selection device, and a network connection, the method comprising: receiving a selection input signal from the selection device indicating the selection and movement of a minimized chat window in a task bar; responsive to receiving the selection input signal, detaching the minimized chat window from the task bar and moving the detached chat window to a position on the display indicated by the selection input signal; receiving a configuration input signal from the selection device indicating the selection of a display configuration parameter; and displaying a slot in the detached chat window for each open instant messaging session according to the display configuration parameter.

The present invention discloses a mobile terminal and a fast task switching method therefor. The method comprises the steps of: sensing, in a virtual border area, a first touch event concurrent with a first contact point; when the first touch event is sensed, displaying a taskbar in the virtual border area, wherein the taskbar comprises currently opened application programs; and when the taskbar is in a display state, sensing, in the virtual border area, a second touch event concurrent with a second contact point, and if the second touch event is a click-on event or time that the second contact point stops exceeds a preset threshold, switching an application interface currently displayed on a touch screen to an application interface of an application program corresponding to a current position of the second contact point. After the fast task switching method is applied, the taskbar comprising all currently opened application programs can be displayed only by clicking in the virtual border area of the touch screen, and a user can conveniently and fast view and select the applications so as to switch to the corresponding application interfaces, thereby simplifying the switching process.

An embedded type equipment user interface implementation method, first configures embedded type equipment operation system operation system based full screen user interface program; embedded one application program operation information transmitting module in taskbar module for catching and transmitting third party application program operation information; full screen user interface program receiving message from application program operation information transmitting module, obtaining third party application program operation information updating user operation interface according to these information. The present invention provides personalized full screen user operation interface and realizes control to third party application window.

The invention relates to an extended projection screen method and projection screen system of a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal includes a main screen used for displaying a main screen window interface. The projection screen method comprises the following steps: a step of creating a projection screen window interface, wherein the projection screen window interface is an operating system interface including a desktop, a taskbar and an application launcher, and the projection screen window interface is independent of the main screen window interface; and a step of projecting and displaying, wherein the mobile terminal projects the projection screen window interface to external display equipment. The projection screen system comprises a projection screen window interface creation unit and a projection unit. According to the projection screen method and the projection screen system provided by the invention, the content of a projection screen display interface is not limited by the main screen display content, and has the independent operation effect, which greatly improves the user experience.

The techniques and mechanisms described herein are directed to a method for managing multiple content windows. The content windows may host a web browser, a shell view, a word processing application, and the like. A set of content windows are grouped into a frame in a manner such that a taskbar shows one item for the set of content windows. Each content window is associated with a tab for the frame. A content-specific menu may be associated with each tab. The content-specific menu includes a set of commands based on the heterogeneous content hosted in the content window. The set of commands provide functionality to the heterogeneous content.

The invention provides a window management method and a computer, wherein the method comprises the following steps: receiving and recording windowing setting information inputted by a user; according to the windowing setting information, dividing a display screen into at least two display regions, and establishing a first taskbar in each display region; hiding or deleting a second taskbar in the original screen; copying the information in the second taskbar to the first taskbars; and in each display region, utilizing the first taskbar which corresponds to the display region to manage the window. By the method and the device, a user can automatically realize the windowing display of the window without manually adjusting the position and the size of the window.

Methods and systems for transparent user interface integration between remote (“published”) applications and their local counterparts are described, providing a seamless, unified user experience, and allowing integration of a start menu, dock, taskbar, desktop shortcuts, windows, window and application switching, system tray elements, client-to-host and host-to-client file type association, URL redirection, browser cookie redirection, token redirection, status message interception and redirection, and other elements. These methods and systems further enhance theme-integration between a client and remote desktop or virtual machine by remoting all UI elements to a recipient for generation, including text controls, buttons, progress bars, radio buttons, list boxes, or other elements; presenting them with the receiver's product and OS-specific UI; and returning status back to the sender. This may achieve a more unified and transparent UI integration. Furthermore, international text may be correctly received in cross-language environments, or translated into the language of the presenting environment.