Application based display layout system and method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9769095-B2
Application number	US-201313906625-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 31, 2013
Priority date	May 31, 2013
Publication date	Sep 19, 2017
Grant date	Sep 19, 2017

Abstract

A method, computer program product, and computer system for defining, at a first computing device, at least a portion of a display area associated with the first computing device. A specialized communication from a second computing device is received at the first computing device. The specialized communication is rendered at the first computing device in at least the portion of the display area. Use of an application within at least the portion of the display is prevented at least while the specialized communication is accessed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
defining, at a first computing device, at least a portion of a display area associated with the first computing device, wherein an application is displayed within at least the portion of the display area;
receiving, at the first computing device, a designation of at least one communication as a specialized communication;
receiving, at first computing device, a specialized communication from a second computing device;
rendering, at the first computing device, the specialized communication in at least the portion of the display area;
preventing another application from being accessed until the specialized communication is responded to; and
preventing rendering of a display associated with the another application from entering at least the portion of the display area associated with the application by increasing transparency of the another application.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein the specialized communication includes an instant message.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein defining at least the portion of the display area includes defining a layout scheme.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein rendering the specialized communication includes automatically displaying the specialized communication in a pre-determined monitor of a multi-monitor display.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein receiving a designation of at least one communication as a specialized communication includes receiving a designation of at least one communication from one or more users as a specialized communication.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein at least the portion of the display area includes a quadrant of the display area.

7. A computing system including a processor and a memory configured to perform operations comprising:
defining, at a first computing device, at least a portion of a display area associated with the first computing device, wherein an application is displayed within at least the portion of the display area;
receiving, at the first computing device, a designation of at least one communication as a specialized communication;
receiving, at the first computing device, a specialized communication from a second computing device;
rendering, at the first computing device, the specialized communication in at least the portion of the display area;
preventing another application from being accessed until the specialized communication is responded to; and
preventing rendering of a display associated with the another application from entering at least the portion of the display area associated with the application by increasing transparency of the another application.

8. The computing system of claim 7 wherein the specialized communication includes an instant message.

9. The computing system of claim 7 wherein defining at least the portion of the display area includes defining a layout scheme.

10. The computing system of claim 7 wherein rendering the specialized communication includes automatically displaying the specialized communication in a pre-determined monitor of a multi-monitor display.

11. The computing system of claim 7 wherein receiving a designation of at least one communication as a specialized communication includes receiving a designation of at least one communication from one or more users as a specialized communication.

12. The computing system of claim 7 wherein at least the portion of the display area includes a quadrant of the display area.

13. A computer program product residing on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having a plurality of instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
defining, at a first computing device, at least a portion of a display area associated with the first computing device, wherein an application is displayed within at least the portion of the display area;
receiving, at the first computing device, a designation of at least one communication as a specialized communication;
receiving, at the first computing device, a specialized communication from a second computing device;
rendering, at the first computing device, the specialized communication in at least the portion of the display area;
preventing use of an application from being accessed until the specialized communication is responded to; and
preventing rendering of a display associated with the another application from entering at least the portion of the display area associated with the application by increasing transparency of the another application.

14. The computer program product of claim 13 wherein the specialized communication includes an instant message.

15. The computer program product of claim 13 wherein defining at least the portion of the display area includes defining a layout scheme.

16. The computer program product of claim 13 wherein rendering the specialized communication includes automatically displaying the specialized communication in a pre-determined monitor of a multi-monitor display.

17. The computer program product of claim 13 wherein receiving a designation of at least one communication as a specialized communication includes receiving a designation of at least one communication from one or more users as a specialized communication.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Allen Corville O
• Altaf Faheem
• Loredo Robert E
• Meli Henri F

Classifications

• H04L51/04 Primary

  Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM] · CPC title

• H04L67/36

  Electricity · mapped topic

• G06F2203/04803

  Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas · CPC title

• H04L67/75

  Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display · CPC title

• G06F2203/04804

  Transparency, e.g. transparent or translucent windows · CPC title