157 results about "Window manager" patented technology

A method and system for rendering a desktop on a computer using a composited desktop model operating system are disclosed. A composited desktop window manager, upon receiving content information from application programs, draws the window to a buffer memory for future reference, and takes advantage of advanced graphics hardware and visual effects to render windows based on content on which they are drawn. The windows may also be rendered based on environment variables including virtual light sources. The frame portion of each window may be generated by pixel shading a bitmap having the appearance of frosted glass based on the content of the desktop on top of which the frame is displayed. Legacy support is provided so that the operating system can draw and render windows generated by legacy applications to look consistent with non-legacy application windows.

A system and a method are disclosed for implementing a single-axis window manager on a mobile computing device to view and access multiple applications in a limited display area utilizing limited input capabilities. The mobile computing device initializes a virtual display space having a first dimension with a fixed size. For example, the virtual display space is initialized to have a horizontal dimension equal to the horizontal dimension of the display screen. At least one window is generated having a fixed size in the first dimension but also sizeable in a second direction. For example, the at least one window has a fixed horizontal dimension but is vertically sizeable. The at least one window is then inserted into the virtual display space and displayed on a display device.

A multi-window display device is provided which is capable of preventing interference in displaying of windows caused by a window control request from any one of two or more application programs. A window manager judges whether or not a window control request from the application program corresponding to any one of two or more windows being displayed on a display section is allowed to be executed, based on preset display priority of the application program that has made a window control request and, if a result of the judgement shows that the request is allowed to be executed, executes the window control request and preferentially displays the any one of two or more windows and, if the result of the judgement shows that the request is not allowed to be executed, neglects the window control request.

A system for synchronizing sender sliding windows and receiver sliding windows employed in wireless packet communication is provided. The sender sliding window buffers outgoing packets to be sent to a receiver that employs a receiver sliding window to buffer incoming packets. A sender window manager manages the sender sliding window through positive acknowledgement, negative acknowledgement and/or timeout processing to facilitate synchronizing the sender sliding window with the receiver sliding window without employing synchronization messages or master/slave control. Similarly, a receiver window manager manages the receiver sliding window through sequence number analysis to facilitate synchronizing the receiver sliding window with the sender sliding window without employing synchronization messages or master/slave control.

A method and program for preventing an interrupting action in a computer resource for a full-screen mode or presentation mode of a user application are disclosed. Such a method includes: detecting, for example by a window manager, that a user application is entering into full-screen mode in a display space of the computer resource; transmitting to a target module, for example via a message bus, a mode message indicating that the full-screen mode is being entered; and preventing the interrupting action by the target module. The interrupting action may be a display action in a display space associated with the computer resource. The target module may be an instant messaging application, a screen saver application, a calendar application, a power management application, or a voice communication application.

The invention provides a management method for the running state of application programs on a multi-task mobile phone system and a method thereof. The system comprises a window manager module, an application manager module and a client agent module which is called by all the application programs respectively; when the window state of the application programs is changed, the application programs call the window operation function provided by the client agent module to send an operation request to the window manager module; according to the operation request, the window manager module sends the state switching information to the application manager module; according to the state switching information, the application manager module sends the change information of the running state of the application programs to the client agent module; the client agent module informs the application programs which call the client agent module of the change information of the running state of the application programs so as to realize the management for the application window. The system and the method thereof can solve the technical problem of high unnecessary cost of CPU, quantity of electricity and memory in the management mode of the prior art.

The invention discloses a window management method in a mobile phone graphics system, which can avoid the situation that the window where the focus is located is not unified with the window currently displayed in front. The method includes: setting a first data structure for storing all window identifiers that have sent display window requests, the data structure is realized by a stack with last-in-first-out characteristics, and the window identifier at the top of the stack in the data structure is currently in the The window ID of the top-level window; when the window manager processes the focus acquisition request, it judges that only when the window ID of the window sending the request is the window ID at the top of the stack in the first data structure, focus switching is performed. By adopting the method of the invention, it is ensured that the focus window is consistent with the foremost top-level window that can be seen by the user. The method can still work normally even in the case of multiple nesting, so that the PC or PC-like graphics system is more suitable for the field of mobile phones.

A method and system is provided for dynamically resizing dialogs of a computer software application while the application is running. Dialog windows may be resized by user action, such as by hooking on to one side or to a corner of the dialog window and dragging the side or corner in or out to expand or contract the dialog window. In response to the user's action, the operating system of the user's computer notifies a dialog window manager that the dialog window is being resized. An autolayout module lays out the dialog window to its new size, placing all controls contained therein in their proper locations and with their proper dimensions according to the rules associated with the dialog window.

Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are disclosed for redirecting an input to or from an application via a transformed window on a display device while maintaining the transformed window transparent to the application. A window transformation application program interface coupled with a window manager comprises a desktop window manager that facilitates the transparency. The desktop window manager, through the transformation API incorporates a transformation matrix that is used to transform the window from the application on the display. A mouse (or other input device) hit testing routine is incorporated into the desktop window manager to map an input device point to the transformed window, perform an inverse transform on the input device point if it is associated with the transformed window, before sending an input device message associated with the input device point on to the application. In this way, the application need not be aware of the transformation.

A window manager proxy method, system, and product are described allowing a Java based desktop to provide window manager services on UNIX. A computer system executes a UNIX-based operating system and a desktop implemented in Java. The computer system does not include a separate window manager. Java applications are presented by the computer system utilizing a graphical user interface. Native UNIX applications are also presented by the computer system utilizing the same graphical user interface. Native UNIX applications interact with the window manager proxy in the same manner in which they would interact with a traditional window manager. The window manager proxy forwards frame window activity related to the desktop to the Java desktop, and is the native interface from the Java desktop to the native platform for frame window activities. Native UNIX applications, Java applications, and the Java desktop are thus rendered and managed in a consistent manner providing the end user with the look and feel as configured within the Java desktop.

A method for enhancing compression and transmission process of a screen image that is generated by at least one application program that is running on a processing device is provided herein. The screen image is streamed from the processing device to a remote display. The method is utilizing in real time hint data from said application programs and the operating system. The hint data include: (i) usage of data device resources (per application); (ii) usage characteristics of an application image; (iii) application layout data; or (iv) application type. Then, using retrieved windows' layout design information of all windows that appear at the image screen from a windows manager and hint data to determine compression and transmission techniques of at least a part of an application program that is displayed on the screen image by applying predefined rules based on aggregated hint data per application program.

The invention discloses a method and device for live webcast. The method comprises: receiving a small window playing request when a live webcast window plays live webcast data; creating a floating window; playing the live webcast data in the floating window; providing the floating window for a system window manager; and triggering the system window manager to control the floating window to be displayed on any interface of a mobile device. Embodiments of the invention improve viewing effects of the live webcast data.

A virtual window manager having a substantially unconstrained active area is provided for managing windows and icon objects. The user is provided options for “carving out” regions of this unconstrained area for placing objects. The carved out regions, or “tunnels”, provide the user with a path for subsequently navigating back to each placed object. These tunnels are of arbitrary shape and size, at the user's discretion, as are the shapes of the placed objects. Using the analogy of tunnels, access control can be embodied in the size or shape of each tunnel, wherein individual users possess different spelunking capabilities. Using different colors or textures to distinguish the carved out regions from the undisturbed active areas, the display of select areas can provide for visually interesting effects, and allows for the creative presentation of windows and icons on a user's computer system. Because the user is provided the option of carving out regions as required for placing objects in a limitless active area, the conventional technique of stacking objects within a limited area can be avoided.

A driver information feedback and display system is disclosed. The architecture of the system includes a controller (30), a channel/window manager (10), and front and rear image capture units (11-13). The system can be further incorporated with a speed recorder (40), a backing sensor (50), or a GPS unit (60). When a vehicle enters an intersection from a narrow alley, the left and right image capture units (11,12) installed at the nose of the vehicle will be activated for scanning road conditions on the main road in both directions, thereby eliminating the need for the driver to strain to see the traffic situation or pulling out the car half way. The speed recorder (40) can be used for detection of low speed and activation of left and right image capture units (11, 12). The present system can effectively minimize the chance of vehicle collisions.

The invention relates to a method and system for rapidly switching main interfaces in an Android system. The method includes the steps that a key event of a Home key of the system is obtained; whether the key event is a click event or a long-time pressing event is judged; when the key event is the click event, a window manager queries whether the multiple main interfaces exist in the system or not, if the multiple main interfaces exist, the main interface used recently is obtained and started through the system, and otherwise one main interface is started directly; when the key event is the long-time pressing event, the window manager queries whether the multiple main interfaces exist in the system or not, if the multiple main interfaces exist, the system obtains information of the multiple main interfaces and selects the selected main interface to start, and otherwise, one main interface is started directly. When operating the Home key, a user only needs to click or press the Home key for a long time to change the main interfaces, so that the user rapidly switches the main interfaces, the operation of complex default main interface setting is avoided, and usage experience of the user is improved.

The embodiment of the invention discloses a method, a device and a mobile terminal for switching application display modes. The method comprises the following steps of: receiving a switching command for the display mode of current application; and switching the current display mode of the current application into a target display mode according to the switching command. The device comprises a window manager module and a part application manager module, wherein the window manager module is used for receiving the switching command for the display mode of the current application; and the part application manager module is used for switching the current display mode of the current application into the target display mode according to the switching command. By the method, the device and the mobile terminal of the embodiment of the invention, the display modes of the application can be switched smoothly, thereby realizing the function of integrating the application on the mobile terminal by a user.

The present invention relates to the method for shielding and hijacking Internet pop-up windows by means of modifying DNS to reply IP. The specific steps are as follows: firstly, the user requests the webpage to visit the webpage; secondly, the webserver returns the content of the webpage; then, the user executes the content of the webpage; The DNS server replies; the user requests the DNS manager to obtain the window-hopping code from the window-hopping code server; the user executes the window-hopping code and sends the window-hopping advertisement content to the pop-up content server of the DNS manager; finally, the window-hopping advertisement content pops up when the user executes the web page . The means of modifying DNS to reply IP of the present invention shields and hijacks the method of Internet pop-up window, the operator can carry out Internet window jumping by controlling the DNS server, also can jump out the window by redirecting the Internet, and pop up the content specified by the operator, which has success High rate and easy implementation.

The invention relates to an Android-based floating video playing method. The method comprises the following steps: S1, generating a floating window request signal; S2, creating a floating window viewthrough a window manager of a system, and adding the floating window view to the topmost layer of a system view; S3, outputting a video signal to the floating window view, so that a video playing status of a detail page can be transferred to a floating window in a seamless joint manner; and S4, acquiring a user gesture operation event on the floating window, and carrying out corresponding processing to obtain a floating window video playing effect required by a user. The method provided by the invention has the advantages that the user experience in using video playing APPs is improved; and the user can freely operate a mobile phone while watching a video, so that the phenomenon that the video is closed when the user quits a video playing page is avoided.

The methods and devices enable displaying image portions generated on a first computing device on a second computing device. A master helper app on the first device receives user content selections and computes bounding boxes on each. The master helper app may expand the system frame buffer to hold the selected content and cause the windows manager to direct applications to draw contents into the expanded frame buffer. The master helper app may invoke a slave helper app on the second device to receive the frame buffer contents. The slave helper app stores the received display data in a frame buffer so the image is displayed. Resizing, blending and partitioning processing of display content can be accomplished on either the first or second devices or on a third proxy device. Keystrokes on the second device can be translated into commands executed on the first device.

The invention relates to an internet protocol television (IPTV) video call control method which comprises the steps that an IPTV set top box receives an operational order input from external and judges whether the operational order is an operational order for a video call service shortcut operational command, a video call window is built in a set top box browser through a window manager if the operational order is the operational order for the video call service shortcut operational command, during building of the video call window, service and service engines which correspond to current service windows are paused, the current service windows are hidden, window statuses of the current service windows and relations among windows are recorded, the operational order received by the video call window informs a video call client-side, a video call request is initiated to a called party according to the received operational order, a received request response informs the set top box browser in an event mode, and the set top box browser informs a page through the event to display the request response. The IPTV video call control method integrates a value added service and a basic service of IPTV video calls and is capable of achieving a smooth handover between services.