Patent ID: 9262005
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method for configuring a multi-touch display device to display an enhanced task bar, the method comprising: detecting the presence of one or more physical input devices on a multi-touch display device that forms a desktop surface; in response to detecting the presence of the one or more physical input devices, defining a region within the multi-touch display device proximate to the one or more physical input devices for displaying an enhanced task bar; generating one or more user interface elements that are disposed within the enhanced task bar, wherein each user interface element is configured to control a different application window displayed on a first display device; displaying the enhanced task bar in the region of the multi-touch display device; detecting multi-touch input associated with a first user interface element included in the one or more user interface elements and disposed within the enhanced task bar; and adjusting a first application window displayed on the first display device based on the multi-touch input.