Patent ID: 8089423

Claim:
A method, comprising: detecting a first program and a second program which are running on a computer, wherein said first program is associated with a first mode of display, wherein said first mode displays content only associated with the first program on a main screen and content only associated with the first program on an auxiliary screen, and wherein said second program is associated with a second mode of display, wherein said second mode displays content only associated with the second program on the main screen and displays content associated with the first program and not associated with the second program on the auxiliary screen; only displaying the first mode of display when the first program is active and the second program is not active, and only displaying the second mode of display when the second program is active and the first program is not active; switching between the first program and the second program, wherein said switching between said first program and said second program switches between said first mode of display and said second mode of display, respectively.