Patent ID: 7478339

Claim:
One or more computer-readable storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon for performing a method for managing a plurality of application window representations, the method comprising steps of: defining a set of application window representation positions in a predefined region of a display; displaying a first application window representation at one of the set of application window representation positions, wherein the first application window representation is associated with a first application window corresponding to a first application; receiving an input to open a second application window; determining that a second application window representation associated with the second application window should be located at a hidden application window representation position within a glom associated with the first application window representation, wherein the hidden application window representation is not within the set; displaying the second application window; responsive to displaying the second application window, maintaining a second application window representation associated with the second application window at a hidden application window representation position within a glom associated with the first application window representation; receiving a first user input to the first application window representation; and responsive to the first user input, providing access to the first application window without displaying the second application window representation.