Patent ID: 11921981
Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 17:
18. A device comprising:
a processor; and
memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, perform operations comprising:
receiving a request to group two windows that are associated with one or more applications;
grouping the two windows into a container based on one or more rules, the grouping including an automatic sizing and positioning of the two windows within the container, the container including one or more features enabling one or more group functions associated with the container to be performed, wherein a name portion of the container is updated based on the one or more applications or content items associated with the two windows;
receiving a request to ungroup the two windows;
in response to the request to ungroup the two windows, releasing a first of the two windows from the container such that a second of the two windows remains in the container; and
at least one of automatically resizing or repositioning the second of the two windows in the container.