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Metaphor environment control system

US5404440A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 10, 1992
Grant dateApr 4, 1995
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Expiry dateJul 10, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M3/533
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A metaphor environment control system of human interfaces of any application program for computers, which represents a plurality of metaphors that express various functions of the application program and presents a user with a pertinent function according to the user's operations.

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