Method and apparatus for managing display of popup windows

Data processing: presentation processing of document – operator i – Operator interface – On-screen workspace or object

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C715S814000, C715S817000, C715S700000, C715S764000, C715S810000, C715S815000

Reexamination Certificate

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10335367

ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to various aspects of managing display of supplemental on-screen windows known as popup windows. In one embodiment, an exemplary method includes detecting a first window on a screen, determining whether the first window qualifies as a popup window, and if the first window qualifies as a popup window, searching for other windows on the screen that satisfy certain testing conditions and closing the first window without a user request upon failing to find any other window on the screen that satisfies the testing conditions.

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