Patent ID: 8373615

Claim:
A method for splitting a display zone of a screen, comprising the following steps: detecting a number of pixels p 0 ×q 0 of the screen; receiving an activate option instruction; providing a selection dialog box interface in response to receipt of the activate option instruction, the selection dialog box interface listing a plurality of selections for selection, wherein the plurality of selections comprise one or more of (a) operating interfaces, (b) files, and (c) pages of open applications; receiving a splitting instruction, the splitting instruction containing a splitting number n the splitting instruction identifying one or more selections of the plurality of selections, wherein the one or more selections were selected through the selection dialog box; splitting the display zone of the screen into a main display region having p 1 ×q 1 pixels, and a number (n−1) of extension display regions, each having p i ×q i pixels, where i=2˜n, wherein a total number of width pixels of adjacent ones of the main and extension display regions from left to right of the display zone of the screen is substantially equal to p 0 , and a total number of height pixels of adjacent ones of the main and extension display regions from top to bottom of the display zone of the screen is substantially equal to q 0 ; and displaying the one or more selections in the main and extension display regions, respectively.