Patent ID: 7181697
Filing Date: 2007-02-20
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of implementing a plurality of system tray areas, wherein each system tray area is defined with a particular size and used for displaying a plurality of registered icons to enable a user to select one icon to execute a corresponding system tray function, a first system tray area having a size that is larger than the size of a second system tray area, the method comprising: (A) initiating installation of an operating system in a computer system, wherein the computer system has a shell program, the shell program being used for interpreting and executing a command given from a user of the operating system; (B) calling the shell program; and (C) executing the shell program to enable a display of the computer system to display at least two system tray areas, step (C) further comprising: (C1) receiving an icon to be registered with the system tray areas; (C2) determining whether the icon is registered with the system tray areas; (C3) finding a corresponding particular size for the icon and defining a system tray area with this corresponding particular size; and (C4) displaying the icon in the system tray area and displaying the system tray area on the display.