Patent ID: 7636899

Claim:
An image formatting system for displaying a plurality of user interface image windows associated with a corresponding plurality of executable applications comprising: a plurality of display monitors comprising at least a first monitor and a different second monitor wherein a first image window associated with a primary application encompasses at least said first monitor and said different second monitor, said primary application enabling initiation of a secondary application and the first image window associated with said primary application being designated in predetermined data as a top-level image window to remain concurrently visible upon display of a second image window associated with said secondary application; an input processor for receiving command data representing a command to initiate execution of a function of said secondary application and display of an associated second image window, said first image window being exclusive of said second image window, in response to user entry of a command via said first image window; an image format selection processor for automatically initiating reduction in size of said first image window to encompass said first monitor of said plurality of display monitors and to prevent mutual overlap of said reduced size first image window and said second image window encompassing said different second monitor of said plurality of display monitors, in response to user entry of said command; and a display processor for initiating generation of data representing said reduced size first image window and said second image window, for presentation on said first and different second monitors, respectively.