Patent ID: 7426697
Filing Date: 2008-09-16
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for combining a plurality of windows on a display screen, the method comprising steps of: receiving an input to associate a first window of a first size and at least one second window of a second size, wherein the input is a signal corresponding to a movement of the at least one second window over a target location of the first window; associating the first window with the at least one second window, said at least one second window being independent of and external to the first window, and the first size being different from the second size; combining the first window and the at least one second window into a common window on a display screen, the first window and the at least one second window being configured to share a common window frame; allowing each of the first window and the at least one second window to be selected from the common window frame; sizing the common window frame to the first size when content of the first window is selected; and sizing the common window frame to the second size when content of the second window is selected.