Patent ID: 9063631
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer program product for providing a graphical user interface for displaying of and enabling cooperative use of resources on a computing device, the computer program product comprising non-transitory computer readable medium containing computer executable code, the computer executable code, when executed by a processor, being configured to: provide a desktop environment and a first viewport configured to show at least a portion of the desktop environment for view by a first user on the display of the computing device, and enable resources to be added to the desktop environment through the first viewport and to be viewed and acted upon within the first viewport in a first layout; and provide a second viewport configured to show at least a portion of the desktop environment for view by a second user, enable one or more of the resources of the desktop environment to be viewed and to be acted upon within the second viewport, enable the layout of the one or more resources to be represented differently in the second viewport to the second user, and enable a resource to be added to the desktop environment through the second viewport and to be viewed and acted upon within both the first viewport and the second viewport.