Patent ID: 8543933
Filing Date: 2013-09-24
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer readable non-transitory storage medium storing computer instructions adapted to selectively display images of multiple applications on a screen, the computer instructions when executed configured to cause a processor to: receive a user-selected definition of a group, the group including two or more different applications and associated with one foreground window and one or more background windows on the screen, the user-selected definition of the group including a sequence by which the different applications are to be displayed in the foreground window; receive a selection of a first application of the group as a foreground application; display images of the selected foreground application in the foreground window of the group; display images of the one or more background windows in a cascaded manner partly overlaid by the foreground window; change the foreground application of the group from the first application to a second application of the group according to the sequence responsive to detecting elapse of a first predetermined amount of time; change the foreground application of the group from the second application to a third application of the group according to the sequence responsive to detecting elapse of a second predetermined amount of time different from the first predetermined amount of time; and display images of the changed foreground application in the foreground window of the group at a same location of the screen as the foreground window of the selected foreground application.