Activity management tool
AssigneeRed Hat, Inc.
InventorsWilliam Jon McCann, Jeremy Gray Perry
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Abstract
A method for providing an activity management tool includes receiving a user request for an activity overview, identifying currently running applications, applications that are likely to be run in the future, and open windows of the currently running applications. The method further includes presenting an activity overview graphical user interface (GUI) having a first area and a second area. The first area includes visual indicators of the currently running applications and the applications likely to be run in the future. The second area includes the open windows of the currently running applications, where the open windows are resized and positioned in such a way as to be simultaneously viewable by the user.
Claims20
A method, implemented by a computing system programmed to perform the following, comprising:
- receiving, by the computing system, a user request for an activity overview;
- and
- identifying, by the computing system, one or more applications currently running on the computing system and one or more applications likely to be run on the computing system in the future;
- identifying, by the computing system, open windows of the currently running applications;
- and
- presenting, on a display device of the computing system, an activity overview graphical user interface (GUI) having a first area and a second area, the first area comprising visual indicators of the currently running applications and the applications likely to be run in the future, and the second area comprising the open windows of the currently running applications, the open windows being resized to be simultaneously viewable in the second area.
A computer readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by a computing system, cause the computing system to perform a set of operations comprising:
- receiving, by the computing system, a user request for an activity overview;
- and
- identifying, by the computing system, one or more applications currently running on the computing system and one or more applications likely to be run on the computing system in the future;
- identifying, by the computing system, open windows of the currently running applications;
- and
- presenting, on a display device of the computing system, an activity overview graphical user interface (GUI) having a first area and a second area, the first area comprising visual indicators of the currently running applications and the applications likely to be run in the future, and the second area comprising the open windows of the currently running applications, the open windows being resized to be simultaneously viewable in the second area.
A computing system comprising:
- a memory;
- a display device coupled to the memory;
- at least one processor coupled to the memory;
- and
- an operating system executed by the at least one processor to:
- receive a user request for an activity overview;
- identify one or more applications currently running on the computing system and one or more applications likely to be run on the computing system in the future;
- identify open windows of the currently running applications;
- and
- present, on the display device, an activity overview graphical user interface (GUI) having a first area and a second area, the first area comprising visual indicators of the currently running applications and the applications likely to be run in the future, and the second area comprising the open windows of the currently running applications, the open windows being resized to be simultaneously viewable in the second area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.