Patent Document ID: 8484577
Application ID: 12713192

Base Claim:
1. One or more computer readable storage media comprising instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to implement a method for grouping windows, the method comprising: collecting window events associated with the windows; modeling states of the windows based on the collected window events, wherein different states of the windows correspond to different sets of the collected window events; assigning various ones of the windows to various different groups based on the modeled states; modeling, based on the window events, changing display states of the windows over a period of time, wherein changes in how the windows are displayed comprise switches between windows over time, and wherein the modeled changing display states indicate changes in displayed sizes and/or locations of windows and co-presence on the display; and clustering the windows based on the modeled display states.

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Claim 2:
2. The one or more computer readable storage media according to claim 1 , wherein the window events are collected for application programs without requiring the application programs to be modified to facilitate the collecting, and wherein the window events comprise window events passed between the application programs and a window management system that manages windows for arbitrary application programs.