Patent ID: 8549429
Filing Date: 2013-10-01
Classification: G06F,G09G

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus allowing input/output through a graphical user interface, comprising: a touch-sensitive display screen including a rectangular area with longer and shorter sides; and a multi-window management apparatus displaying a plurality of windows on said display screen and allocating the plurality of windows to tasks executable on said information processing apparatus, respectively, the multi-window management apparatus including the new window displayed by said window display means has a rectangular shape, said designated activating icon and said operating icon are arranged and displayed on two sides parallel to a shorter side of said new window in a manner that identifies the new window as a currently active window, by way of said operating icon being displayed as the same shape as said designated activating icon, and said designated activating icon and said operating icon are being arranged at positions where a segment connecting their centers becomes parallel to said longer side.