Autonomous display management of graphical interfaces

A computing device comprising:

• a processing sub-system;
• and
• a memory/data-holding subsystem holding instructions executable by the processing sub-system to:
• receive event messages from an operating system event message queue;
• ignore event messages that do not include an application window or dialog box attempting to be displayed by the computing device;
• obtain display characteristics for event messages that include an application window or dialog box, the display characteristics including display configuration parameters and displayable contents of the application window or dialog box;
• identify the display characteristics in a schema linking different display characteristics to corresponding display management actions;
• and
• perform a display management action that corresponds to the display characteristics identified in the schema on the application window or dialog box to selectively display the application window or dialog box.

A method of autonomously managing selective display of graphical interfaces displayable by a computing device, the method comprising:

• receiving event messages from an operating system event message queue;
• ignoring event messages that do not include an application window or dialog box attempting to be displayed by the computing device;
• obtaining display characteristics for event messages that include an application window or dialog box, the display characteristics including display configuration parameters including one or more of a window's application process name, a class identifier, and title text and displayable contents of the application window or dialog box including values associated graphical controls of the application window or dialog box;
• identifying the display characteristics in a schema linking different display characteristics to corresponding display management actions;
• performing a display management action that corresponds to the display characteristics identified in the schema on the application window or dialog box to selectively display the application window or dialog box and/or dispense with the application window or dialog box;
• enabling administrative customization of the schema to change one or more of display characteristics, display management actions, and links between display characteristics and display management actions;
• and
• performing a customized display management action on the application window or dialog box corresponding to customized display characteristics.