US 12,346,707 B2
System-independent user interface framework
David Adler, Highland Park, IL (US); and Brandon Winsor, Duluth, GA (US)
Assigned to Open Workspace, LLC, Highland Park, IL (US)
Filed by Open Workspace, LLC, Highland Park, IL (US)
Filed on Dec. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/548,832.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/235,896, filed on Aug. 23, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/196,835, filed on Jun. 4, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/126,650, filed on Dec. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0197675 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 9/451 (2018.01); G06F 3/04845 (2022.01); G06F 3/0486 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 9/451 (2018.02) [G06F 3/04845 (2013.01); G06F 3/0486 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04806 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
generating, for display upon a graphical user interface, a workspace that includes a background arrangement and a virtual panel arrangement, wherein the virtual panel arrangement is embedded within the workspace and non-overlapping with the background arrangement;
generating, for display within the background arrangement, representations of resources, wherein the resources include a window;
generating, for display within the virtual panel arrangement, one or more tiled virtual panels, wherein the tiled virtual panels respectively contain further windows; and
displaying, on the graphical user interface, the background arrangement and the virtual panel arrangement, wherein the window from the background arrangement is moveable to the one or more tiled virtual panels, wherein the further windows from the one or more tiled virtual panels are movable to the background arrangement, and wherein a defocusing setting, when activated, causes the background arrangement to be defocused while the virtual panel arrangement remains in focus.