US 2014/0157183 A1 · SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE SELECTION, LAYOUT, AND CONTROL OF ONE OR MORE HOSTED INTERACTIVE COMPUTER APPLICATION PROGRAMS USING A LIGHTWEIGHT SUPERVISOR COMPUTER APPLICATION PROGRAM

Abstract

The present concept is a lightweight supervisor computer application program for aggregating hosted interactive computer application programs. The lightweight supervisor computer application program is executed on a computer with an operating system. The lightweight supervisor computer application program causes the computer to create a new lightweight supervisor computer application program environment for execution and display of one or more hosted interactive computer application programs selected by user, wherein the lightweight supervisor computer application program environment provides display and other services to each hosted interactive computer application, which services are otherwise provided by the operating system and desktop environment. The hosted interactive computer application programs also simultaneously hosts and displays the aggregation of all selected hosted interactive computer applications in the lightweight supervisor computer application program environment.

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Dependent claims

A lightweight supervisor computer application program (LSA) for aggregating hosted interactive computer application programs (HIA(s)), the LSA when executed on a computer with an operating system (OS) the LSA causes the computer to:

a) create a new LSA environment for execution and display of one or more HIA(s) selected by user, wherein the LSA environment provides display and other services to each HIA, which services are otherwise provided by the OS and desktop environment, when an HIA is executed directly by the OS rather than by the LSA;
b) simultaneously host and display the aggregation of all selected HIA(s) in the LSA environment, wherein each HIA appears within a display region limited to a LSA defined display region, rather than within the desktop display region as each would appear when executed directly on the desktop;
c) wherein each HIA may be displayed in the LSA display region as a running application and each HIA may execute concurrently within the LSA environment.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

System and method for the selection, layout, and control of one or more hosted interactive computer application programs using a lightweight supervisor computer application program

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System and method for the selection, layout, and control of one or more hosted interactive computer application programs using a lightweight supervisor computer application program

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