Realizing desktop metaphors on a computer

摘要

A desktop metaphor system. There is included a physical, non-virtual icon card corresponding to a certain computer application and a computer separate from the icon card. The computer includes a computer readable storage medium for storing computer applications, one of which is the certain computer application, and a computer processor. The computer processor includes an icon detection module to detect the approaching of the icon card to the computer and recognize the certain computer application corresponding to the icon card; an application context memory module for storing application context for an application running on the computer processor and for storing application context for the certain application corresponding to the icon card and stored in storage; and an event processing logic module for switching between the application, if any, currently running on the computer processor and the certain application corresponding to the icon card.

主权项

1. A desktop metaphor system comprising:
a plurality of different types of physical, non-virtual icon cards corresponding to a plurality of computer applications; and a computer separate from the plurality of icon cards comprising:
a non-transitory computer readable storage medium for storing the plurality of computer applications; anda computer processor, the computer processor having:
an icon detection module to automatically detect the approaching of one of the plurality of icon cards to the computer, identify the type of detected icon card approaching the computer of the plurality of different types of icon cards, notify an event processing logic module of the detected/identified icon card and recognize the computer application corresponding to the detected/identified icon card;an application context memory module for storing application context for an application running on the computer processor and for storing application context for the application corresponding to the detected/identified icon card and stored in storage; andthe event processing logic module for switching between the application currently running on the computer processor and the application corresponding to the detected/identified icon card.