Patent ID: 8910061

Claim:
A method, comprising: creating a unified system by connecting a multi-screen device and a computing system, wherein the computing system includes a processor, a memory, and a peripheral screen; displaying a unified desktop by at least one processor of the multi-screen device, on the unified system, wherein at least a first portion of the unified desktop is displayed on the peripheral screen and a second portion of the unified desktop is displayed on at least one screen of the multi-screen device; displaying a plurality of windows of open applications on at least one of a first portion or a second portion of the unified desktop; in the first portion of the unified desktop displayed on the peripheral screen of the computing system: displaying a first indication of an application manager, wherein the first indication is a first icon that receives input to launch the application manager in the peripheral screen; receiving a first input to display the application manager on the first indication; in response to receiving the first input to display the application manager, displaying a first window of the application manager in the peripheral screen, wherein the first window of the application manager includes a representation for each of the plurality of windows; in the second portion of the unified desktop displayed on the at least one screen of the multi-screen device: displaying a second indication of the application manager on the at least one screen of the multi-screen device, wherein the second indication is a second icon that receives input to launch the application manager in the at least one screen of the multi-screen device; receiving a second input to display the application manager in the at least one screen of the multi-screen device; in response to receiving the second input to display the application manager, displaying a second window of the application manager in the at least one screen of the multi-screen device, wherein the second window of the application manager includes a representation for each of the plurality of windows; receiving input to reorder at least one of the plurality of windows represented in the application manager; and in response to the input, reordering the representations of the plurality of windows in the application manager.