US 12,461,636 B2
Association of display elements
Louis Amadio, Sammamish, WA (US); Keira L. Amos, Seattle, WA (US); Charles Cummins, Seattle, WA (US); Neel Ishwar Murarka, San Fransisco, CA (US); and Phillip Bensaid, San Fransisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC., Redmond, WA (US)
Filed by Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed on Sep. 18, 2017, as Appl. No. 15/707,839.
Application 15/707,839 is a continuation of application No. 12/862,177, filed on Aug. 24, 2010, granted, now 9,766,766.
Application 12/862,177 is a continuation of application No. 11/381,869, filed on May 5, 2006, granted, now 7,783,990, issued on Aug. 24, 2010.
Prior Publication US 2018/0004361 A1, Jan. 4, 2018
Int. Cl. G06F 3/0481 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 3/0481 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
displaying a first window comprising a first set of content on a display;
receiving an input command from a user, the input command causing a display of a second window comprising a second set of content, the second window being associated with the first window based at least on the second window being derived from the first window and the second window being subordinate to the first window;
responsive to receiving the input command:
displaying the second window concurrently with the first window on the display;
visually indicating the second window as being associated with the first window by animating a change in a size of the first window from a first size window to a second size window while concurrently displaying the first window and the first set of content therein and the second window and the second set of content therein; and
displaying, at the second window, dynamic information that corresponds to content associated with the first window.