Patent ID: 11966573
Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 12:
13. A computer storage medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereupon which, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to:
display a plurality of windows;
display identifiers corresponding to the plurality of windows in a first area of a taskbar, the first area of the taskbar reserved for the identifiers corresponding to non-hidden windows;
receive a selection of a predefined area of the taskbar;
responsive to receiving the selection, display a user interface (UI) control comprising first selectable options corresponding to the plurality of windows and second selectable options corresponding to amounts of time;
receive a selection of one of the first selectable options corresponding to a first window of the plurality of windows;
receive a selection of one of the second selectable options corresponding to a first amount of time;
in response to receiving the selection of the one of the first selectable options and the selection of the one of the second selectable options, automatically move the identifier corresponding to the first window of the plurality of windows from the first area of the taskbar to a second area of the taskbar, the second area of the taskbar reserved for the identifiers corresponding to hidden windows, and hide the first window of the plurality of windows for the first amount of time;
determine that the first amount of time has elapsed; and
responsive to determining that the first amount of time has elapsed, display the first window of the plurality of windows and automatically move the identifier corresponding to the first window of the plurality of windows from the second area of the taskbar to the first area of the taskbar.