Method and apparatus for substituting real and virtual devices independent from an data processing system application program
US5337412A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 26, 1991 |
| Grant date | Aug 9, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 26, 2011 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2009/45579
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of, and apparatus for, running several applications concurrently on a processing system. Virtual terminals are created for running the applications. However, the virtual terminals perform as though the processing system were a single terminal system. In this way, any application written for a single terminal system can run in this multiple virtual terminal environment. For interaction with one of the several applications running on this system, the real physical resources of the system are reallocated to the virtual terminal running the selected application.
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