Patent ID: 7996789
Filing Date: 2011-08-09
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A machine implemented method performed on a first machine, the method allowing a second machine to continue to display a second item on a second displayed interface after synchronizing the second machine to the first machine, the method comprising: transmitting, from the first machine, and receiving, at the first machine, data for synchronizing on the first machine a first displayed interface on a first screen space of the first machine to the second displayed interface on a second screen space of the second machine, wherein the first displayed interface has a first item that represents a first application program supported by the first machine, and wherein the first application program can be launched or quit from the first displayed interface by selecting the first item; determining whether the first machine supports a second application program; displaying the first displayed interface without the second item that represents the second application program supported by the second machine if the first machine does not support the second application program; receiving, at the first machine, and transmitting from the first machine, data for synchronizing the second machine to the first machine having the first displayed interface without the second item; transmitting data to cause adding of the second item to the first displayed interface if the first machine supports the second application program; determining if the second machine supports the first application program; transmitting data to cause adding of the first item to the second displayed interface if the second machine supports the first application program; and transmitting data for displaying on the second machine the second displayed interface without the first item if the second machine does not support the first application program, wherein the first displayed interface is a dock, a toolbar, or a dashboard.