OVERFLOW APPLICATION TOOL FOR COMPUTING DEVICES

• Main Authors: DISANO, Robert Joseph, DOUMA, Jessica Leigh, GRIFFIN, Hadley Meryl, SCHOEPKE, Benjamin J, FERGUSON, Ashley Nicole, HAMMERQUIST, Peter E, NOBREGA, Emilia Marie, TAYLOR, JR., Charles Edward, YIH, Albert Peter
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 20.04.2023
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; PHYSICS

Computerized systems and methods are provided for automatically generating an application overflow tool that is dynamically updated and arranged to provide improved access to popular or recently used applications. These systems and methods improve existing technologies by generating an overflow panel different from a task bar, such that the overflow panel provides access to most recently used applications that are not on the task bar. As such, ease of access to applications is improved to increase user efficiency. These systems also improve the way computers operate by leveraging existing GUI layouts to reduce computing resource consumption, such as memory, network latency, I/O, and the like, that would otherwise be required improve access to applications.