Patent · US Expired

System for creating and controlling interactive graphic display screens

US4811240A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Richard V. Ballou · Boynton Beach, US
Stanley M. Belyeu · Boca Raton, US
Joseph A. Boscove · Highland Beach, US
Hobart L. Kurtz · Boca Raton, US
Peter Langer · Munich, DE
Andrew B. McNeill, Jr. · Deerfield Beach, US
Bernard M. Reid · Coral Springs, US
Herman Rodriguez · Austin, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 22, 1986
Grant date	Mar 7, 1989
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 22, 2006

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F3/0488
WIPO fieldControl
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A Graphic Development Instrument System (GDIS) provides a method and capability to design, create and update display screens, including static elements (never change) and dynamic elements (change responsive to stimuli) and is able to include any controller function, without rewriting or modifyng the software. The GDIS enables a screen designer to create EPROMS for those screens for different for example vehicles or models.

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