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US 2008/0270933 A1Published application
Displaying multiple storage windows
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsDavid Straw, Peter M. Maddocks, Matt Zinkevicius
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Abstract
Various embodiments are disclosed for displaying multiple storage windows. One embodiment is a method that displays a first window having a depiction of storage capacity. The first window is expanded to nest two storage windows in the first window.
Claims20
1) A method, comprising:
- displaying a first window including a bar depicting storage capacity;
- expanding the first window to simultaneously display two windows inside a body of the first window, each of the two windows including a bar depicting storage capacity.
8) A computer readable medium having instructions for causing a computer to execute a method, comprising:
- displaying a first window that shows storage capacity of a storage device;
- nesting a second window inside the first window;
- nesting a third window inside the second window, wherein each of the second and third windows graphically display an amount of used storage space and an amount of available storage space.
16) A computer system, comprising:
- memory for storing an algorithm;
- and
- processor for executing the algorithm to:
- display a first window having a graphical indication of storage usage for an application;
- simultaneously display two windows nested in the first window, wherein each of the two windows include an icon representing a type of sub-component of the application and a graphical illustration indicating available storage capacity for the type of sub-component.
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