Method and apparatus for proportionally displaying windows on a computer display screen

A computer system for efficiently displaying a plurality of windows on a display screen, comprising:

• a system unit, comprising:
• a processor;
• memory, connected to said processor;
• storage, connected to said processor;
• a display adapter, connected to said processor;
• a display, connected to said system unit;
• means in said processor that monitoring a length of time for each of said plurality of windows has been active;
• and
• means in said processor for displaying on said display each of said plurality of windows in a size proportional to said length of time being active.

A method for efficiently displaying a plurality of windows on a display screen, comprising the steps of:

• monitoring a length of time that each of said plurality of windows has been active;
• determining a tiling area on said display screen;
• splitting said tiling area into an H1 region and an H2 region wherein the size of said H1 region is proportional to said length of time that a first window and a second window have been active relative to said length of time that said first window through an Nth window has been active, and the size of said H2 region is proportional to said length of time that a third window through said Nth window have been active relative to said length of time that said first window through said Nth window have been active;
• splitting said H1 region into a Q1 region and Q2 region wherein the size of said Q1 region is proportional to said length of time that said first window has been active relative to said length of time that said first window and said second window have been active, and the size of said Q2 region is proportional to said length of time that said second window has been active relative to said length of time that said first window and said second window have been active;
• splitting said H2 region into a Q3 region and Q4 region;
• and
• displaying each of a plurality of windows within a region in a size proportional to said length of time being active.