| US 7,478,326 B2 | ||
| Window information switching system | ||
| Ales Holecek, Bellevue, Wash. (US); Charles W. Stabb, Seattle, Wash. (US); Cornelis K. Van Dok, Bellevue, Wash. (US); Hillel N. Cooperman, Seattle, Wash. (US); Jeffrey W. Pettiross, Seattle, Wash. (US); and Mark R. Ligameri, Snohomish, Wash. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Wash. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jan. 18, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/36,610. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0161847 A1, Jul. 20, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/048 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 715—716 [715/766; 715/781; 715/838] | 16 Claims |
| 1. A method for displaying at least one visualization on a display screen, the method comprising steps of:
receiving an input corresponding to a request to access visualizations of windows for a plurality of windows, the plurality
of windows includes at least one parent window and a corresponding child window, wherein the corresponding child window includes
a multiple document interface child window;
for each window of the plurality of windows, displaying a visualization of at least a portion of the content of the window
in an area separately defined from the plurality of windows;
receiving a request to choose one of the visualizations;
displaying the window corresponding to the chosen visualization at the top of the Z-order of the plurality of windows; and
wherein the at least a portion of the content includes dynamic video content.
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