Patent ID: 8479105
Filing Date: 2013-07-02
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for managing graphical user interface objects in a computing environment, the method comprising: monitoring activity status associated with a plurality of distinct graphical user interface objects instantiated in a computing environment in response to establishment of a communication session with a remote party; and changing display status of one or more of the plurality of graphical user interface objects when a time threshold expires in relation to the activity status associated with the one or more graphical user interface objects; wherein the monitoring and the changing processes are activated in response to determining (i) that a first number of user interface objects are instantiated and (ii) that a second number of instantiated user interface objects are in an inactive status, and wherein changing the display status comprises removing the graphical user interface object from a display presenting the graphical user interface; and unifying each user interface object not removed from the display into a single tabbed interface object having a plurality of tabs, and wherein each tab corresponds to one of the user interface objects not removed from the display.