Maintenance of focus on an original task while switching among applications

A system, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor performs operations, the operations comprising:
• generating, by a computational device, information on an application switch by a user from a first application in a first device to a second application in a second device;
• continuing to generate additional information on application switches on the second device;
• providing a visualization of the information and the additional information to the user to allow the user to return to a point at which the application switch to the second application in the second device took place from the first application in the first device;
• detecting a purpose for moving away from an original activity that was ongoing in the first device;
• and
• tracking subsequent user activity against the purpose that was detected, wherein in response to determining that a purpose of interaction with the second application on the second device is identical to a purpose of interaction with the first application on the first device, allowing the second application to continue, and otherwise assisting the user to return to the first application, wherein the computational device provides a reminder of a point to return to, over an Augmented Reality (AR) glass that shows breadcrumbs that indicate a sequence in which application switches have been made, wherein a reversion to a previously executed application is made by using information provided in the breadcrumbs, and wherein a ranking mechanism that provides weights to natural language elements is used to determine whether to continue current tasks or to indicate a deviation from original intent caused by the application switches.

A computer program product, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, wherein the computer readable program code when executed is configured to perform operations, the operations comprising:

• generating, by a computational device, information on an application switch by a user from a first application in a first device to a second application in a second device;
• continuing to generate additional information on application switches on the second device;
• providing a visualization of the information and the additional information to the user to allow the user to return to a point at which the application switch to the second application in the second device took place from the first application in the first device;
• detecting a purpose for moving away from an original activity that was ongoing in the first device;
• and
• tracking subsequent user activity against the purpose that was detected, wherein in response to determining that a purpose of interaction with the second application on the second device is identical to a purpose of interaction with the first application on the first device, allowing the second application to continue, and otherwise assisting the user to return to the first application, wherein the computational device provides a reminder of a point to return to, over an Augmented Reality (AR) glass that shows breadcrumbs that indicate a sequence in which application switches have been made, wherein a reversion to a previously executed application is made by using information provided in the breadcrumbs, and wherein a ranking mechanism that provides weights to natural language elements is used to determine whether to continue current tasks or to indicate a deviation from original intent caused by the application switches.