Patent ID: 7681143
Filing Date: 2010-03-16
Classification: G06F,G09G

Abstract:
1. A method for concurrently displaying a plurality of application windows on a display screen, the method comprising: responsive to a first command, rendering plural application windows in a scaled down form in a desktop space and rendering a first application window at or near full size in the desktop space, wherein rendering the plural application windows in a scaled down form comprises reducing the plural application windows in size according to a degree of scaling, wherein the degree of scaling maintains a relative aspect ratio of the plural application windows, wherein the desktop space comprises an area of a display that allows for displaying windows corresponding to application program; representing each of the plurality of application windows as corresponding buttons in a taskbar, wherein the desktop space is separate from and does not overlap the taskbar; maintaining the underlying functionality of the plural application windows that are in the scaled down form by providing the plural application windows in a live state, wherein maintaining comprises: responsive to a second command, rendering a second application window at or near full size in the desktop space, wherein none of the plural application windows overlap the first and second application windows.