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US 10,552,010 · App. 16/014,450 · Granted Feb 4, 2020

Creating free-form contour regions on a display

Inventors: Eric V. Kline (Rochester, MN); Sarbajit K. Rakshit (Kolkata, IN)
Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
G06F3/0484G06F3/0481G06F3/04883
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Patent No.
US 10,552,010
App. No.
16/014,450
Granted
Feb 4, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Examples of techniques for creating free-form contour regions on a display are disclosed. In one example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, a computer-implemented method includes displaying, by a processing device, a first application on a display of a processing system. The method further includes receiving, by the processing device, an input from a user to define a free-form contour region on the display. The method further includes creating, by the processing device, the free-form contour region on the display based at least in part on the input. The method further includes displaying, by the processing device, a second application on the display of the processing system within the free-form contour region while continuing to display the first application on a remaining portion of the display of the processing system that does not include the free-form contour region.

Claims (43)

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

displaying, by a processing device, a first application on a display of a processing system;

receiving, by the processing device, an input from a user to define a free-form contour region on the first application on the display;

creating, by the processing device, the free-form contour region on the first application on the display based at least in part on the input; and

displaying, by the processing device, a second application on the display of the processing system within the free-form contour region on the first application while continuing to display the first application on a remaining portion of the display of the processing system that does not include the free-form contour region.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the input from the user defines a boundary of the free-form contour region.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the free-form contour region is defined by a boundary.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the free-form content region is a first free-form content region, the method further comprising:

receiving, by the processing device, a second input from the user to define a second free-form contour region on one of the first application and the second application.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4 , further comprising:

creating, by the processing device, the second free-form contour region on the one of the first application and the second application.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5 , further comprising:

displaying, by the processing device, a third application on the display of the processing system within the second free-form contour region while continuing to display the second application on the display of the processing system within the first free-form contour region and while continuing to display the first application on a remaining portion of the display of the processing system that does not include the first free-form contour region or the second free-form contour region.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 6 , further comprising:

merging the first free-form contour region with the second free-form contour region.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 4 , wherein the second input from the user defines a boundary of the second free-form contour region.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 4 , wherein the second free-form contour region is defined by a second boundary.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:

altering, by the processing device, a shape of the free-form contour region based at least in part on a second input received from a user.

11. A processing system comprising:

a display;

a memory comprising computer readable instructions; and

a processing device for executing the computer readable instructions for performing a method comprising:

displaying, by the processing device, a first application on the display of the processing system;

receiving, by the processing device, an input from a user to define a free-form contour region on the first application on the display;

creating, by the processing device, the free-form contour region on the first application on the display based at least in part on the input; and

displaying, by the processing device, a second application on the display of the processing system within the free-form contour region on the first application while continuing to display the first application on a remaining portion of the display of the processing system that does not include the free-form contour region.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the input from the user defines a boundary of the free-form contour region.

13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the free-form contour region is defined by a boundary.

14. The system of claim 11 , wherein the free-form content region is a first-free-form content region, and wherein the method further comprises:

receiving, by the processing device, a second input from the user to define a second free-form contour region on one of the first application and the second application.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the method further comprises:

creating, by the processing device, the second free-form contour region on the one of the first application and the second application.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the method further comprises:

displaying, by the processing device, a third application on the display of the processing system within the second free-form contour region while continuing to display the second application on the display of the processing system within the first free-form contour region and while continuing to display the first application on a remaining portion of the display of the processing system that does not include the first free-form contour region or the second free-form contour region.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the method further comprises:

merging the first free-form contour region with the second free-form contour region.

18. A computer program product comprising:

a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processing device to cause the processing device to perform a method comprising:

displaying, by the processing device, a first application on a display of a processing system;

receiving, by the processing device, an input from a user to define a free-form contour region on the first application on the display;

creating, by the processing device, the free-form contour region on the first application on the display based at least in part on the input; and

displaying, by the processing device, a second application on the display of the processing system within the free-form contour region on the first application while continuing to display the first application on a remaining portion of the display of the processing system that does not include the free-form contour region.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 21, 2018
From: KLINE, ERIC V.; RAKSHIT, SARBAJIT K.
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 046167/0238 →
Continuity (1)
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