Patent ID: 8381127

Claim:
A method for displaying windows on a graphical user interface, the method comprising: determining relative priorities of a plurality of windows of a graphical user interface; determining relative priorities of a plurality of portions of a plurality of the plurality of windows based in part on user input; and automatically arranging the windows on the graphical user interface based on the relative priorities of the windows and based on the relative priorities of the portions such that at least one higher priority window covers a lower priority portion of at least one lower priority window to provide for a simultaneous viewing of the at least one higher priority window and a higher priority portion of the at least one lower priority window, wherein automatically arranging the windows includes dynamically arranging the windows when at least one of at least one relative priority of the relative priorities of the windows and at least one of the relative priorities of the plurality of portions changes, wherein at least one of the preceding actions is performed on at least one electronic hardware component.