Patent ID: 8881065
Filing Date: 2014-11-04
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: detecting, using a processor, entry into a full-screen mode of a user application, wherein the user application is to be displayed in a plurality of display spaces over a network, wherein a display space comprises a substantial portion of the viewing area of a display or all of the viewing area of the display; identifying, by the processor, an additional application over the network, the additional application to generate an action that interrupts the full-screen mode of the user application in the plurality of display spaces, wherein the action that interrupts the full-screen mode of the user application comprises a display action in a display space; generating, by the processor, a message comprising instructions tailored to the additional application to cause the application to disable the action that interrupts the full-screen mode of the user application in all of the plurality of display spaces except for a display space selected to be viewed by the user, wherein the disabling prevents the action from occurring for at least a duration of the full-screen mode of the user application; transmitting, by the processor over the network, the message to the additional application to cause the additional application to disable the action in all of the plurality of display spaces except for the display space selected to be viewed by the user; and when the full-screen mode ends, transmitting an end message to the additional application, the end message comprising instructions tailored to the additional application to cause the additional application to enable the action that was disabled.