Patent ID: 6462757
Filing Date: 2002-10-08
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of locating a window, comprising:providing a list of each open window, wherein each entry within the list containing a plurality of searchable parameters relating to a respective window and an application running within the respective window; responsive to receiving a locate request containing user specified search criteria, traversing the list and comparing each entry within the list to the search criteria to determine whether any entries within the list match the specified search criteria; displaying all candidate windows corresponding to entries within the list which match the specified search criteria; and within each entry for the list, providing a name for a command or application running within a respective window, a filename or uniform resource locator parameter for the command or application running within the respective window, a working directory for the command or application running within the respective window, and a timestamp for a start time for the command or application running within the respective window.