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US 9,177,140 B1Granted
System, method, and computer program product for managing a plurality of applications via a single interface
AssigneeMcAfee, Inc.
InventorsBrent J. Lymer, Atri Chatterjee
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Abstract
A system, method and computer program product are provided for managing a plurality of applications via a single interface. It is initially identified as to which of a plurality of applications are installed on a computer. A status of each of the applications is then presented via a single graphical user interface.
Claims22
A method for managing a plurality of applications via a single interface, comprising:
- identifying which of a plurality of applications are installed on a computer;
- simultaneously presenting a status of each of the applications via a single graphical user interface of another application, the single graphical user interface utilizing a plurality of separate application-specific visual indicators;
- receiving an indication of selection of one of the plurality of applications from a list of the plurality of applications presented in the single graphical user interface;
- and
- causing presentation of a window allowing direct access to functionality of the one of the plurality of applications corresponding to the indication of selection,
- wherein the single graphical user interface includes a plurality of the application-specific visual indicators adjacent to the applications in the list and an overall status representative of a collective status of the plurality of applications distinct from the application-specific visual indicators.
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A computer program product embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium for managing a plurality of applications via a single interface, comprising:
- computer code to cause one or more processors to identify which of a plurality of applications are installed on a computer;
- computer code to cause the one or more processors to simultaneously present a status of each of the applications via a single graphical user interface of another application, the single graphical user interface utilizing a plurality of separate application-specific visual indicators;
- computer code to cause the one or more processors to receive an indication of selection of one of the plurality of applications from a list of the plurality of applications presented in the single graphical user interface;
- and
- computer code to cause the one or more processors to present a window allowing direct access to functionality of the one of the plurality of applications corresponding to the indication of selection;
- wherein the single graphical user interface includes a plurality of the application-specific visual indicators associated with the applications and an overall status representative of a collective status of the plurality of applications distinct from the application-specific visual indicators.
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A method for managing a plurality of applications via a single interface, comprising:
- identifying a status of a plurality of applications installed on a computer;
- and
- simultaneously displaying a visual indication as to the status of each of the applications via a single graphical user interface of another application, the single graphical user interface utilizing a plurality of separate application-specific visual indicators;
- receiving an indication of selection of one of the plurality of applications from a list of the plurality of applications presented in the single graphical user interface;
- and
- causing presentation of a window allowing direct access to functionality of the one of the plurality of applications corresponding to the received indication;
- wherein the single graphical user interface includes a plurality of the application-specific visual indicators adjacent to the applications in the list and an overall status representative of a collective status of the plurality of applications distinct from the application-specific visual indicators.
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A method for managing a plurality of applications, comprising:
- identifying which of a plurality of first applications are installed on a computer;
- and
- simultaneously allowing direct access to each of the plurality of first applications via a single graphical user interface of a second application, the single graphical user interface including a list of the plurality of first applications and a plurality of separate application-specific visual indicators for presenting a status of each of the first applications, wherein the indicators for presenting a status are adjacent to each of the first applications in the list and an overall status representative of a collective status of the plurality of first applications distinct from the application-specific visual indicators.
A system, comprising:
- a processor;
- a memory, coupled to the processor;
- and
- a single graphical user interface implemented in code embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium, the single graphical user interface for simultaneously presenting a plurality of statuses utilizing a plurality of separate application-specific visual indicators each associated with one of a plurality of security applications, and further presenting an overall status representative of a collective status of the security applications utilizing a single overall visual indicator separate from the plurality of application-specific visual indicators;
- wherein the security applications include an anti-virus application and a firewall application.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.