Patent ID: 9600161
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method for displaying a copy of a specified display area on a computer display, the method comprising: receiving, by one or more processors, a first signal from a user, wherein the first signal specifies a display area on a display as a specified display area, and wherein the specified display area presents a dynamic activity being performed on a computer; receiving, by one or more processors, a second signal from the user that identifies a particular object in the specified display area; generating, by one or more processors, a copy of the specified display area that includes only the particular object, wherein the copy of the specified display area has a same shape as the specified display area, wherein the copy of the specified display area presents the dynamic activity being performed on the computer, and wherein the copy of the specified display area that includes only the particular object is visible on the display while the specified display area is obscured on the display; setting, by one or more processors, a condition for display of the copy of the specified display area in response to an instruction from a user, wherein the copy of the specified display area on the display is displayed in response to the condition being satisfied, wherein the condition is from a group consisting of a change in a character in the specified display area, a change in an image in the specified display area, and a transmission of a message to an object in the specified display area; and displaying, by one or more processors, the copy of the specified display area on the display.