Patent ID: 8490019

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for displaying a thumbnail copy of each running item for a particular running application on a display, the method comprising: presenting at least one icon representing a running application, wherein there are at least two running items associated with the running application; receiving a user selection of one of the at least one icon; and in response to the user selection, simultaneously presenting a thumbnail copy of each running item for the particular running application such that a quantity of running items associated with the running application is equivalent to the quantity of the presented thumbnail copies and such that the thumbnail copies of each running item simultaneously display specific content of the respective running item, wherein the thumbnail copy displays a state of a corresponding running item, and wherein only the thumbnail copies of each running item for the particular running application associated with the selected at least one icon are simultaneously presented; receiving the user selection of one of the thumbnail copies of each running item; and in response to receiving the user selection of the one of the thumbnail copies, present a closing icon only on the selected thumbnail copy.