Window grouping
AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC
InventorsNuria Oliver, Arungunram Surendran, Chintan S. Thakkar, Gregory Smith
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Abstract
A framework is provided for obtaining window information. The window information can be applied to different assignment models to assign windows to different groups. A group may correspond to a task being performed by a user. The window information can be semantic or temporal information captured as window events and properties of windows whose events are captured. Temporal information can be information about switches between windows. Semantic information can be window titles. Temporal information, semantic information, or both, can be used to assign windows to groups.
Claims20
A method performed on a computing device coupled to a display device, the method comprising grouping, by the computing device based on switching relationships over time between various of a plurality of windows displayed on the display device, some of the plurality of windows.
A method performed on a computing device coupled to a display device, the method comprising grouping, by the computing device based on displayed proximity over time of various of a plurality of windows displayed on the display device, some of the plurality of windows.
A method performed on a computing device coupled to a display device, the method comprising groping, by the computing device based on co-visibility over time of various of a plurality of windows displayed on the display device, some of the plurality of windows.
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