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System and method for viewing icon contents on a video display

US5442795A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 19, 1990
Grant dateAug 15, 1995
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Expiry dateNov 19, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06Q10/10
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A data processing system provides a folder icon for holding representations of sheets of information in user desired order. The folder has a closed position in which a user generated label is viewable. The label is designed through a processor window activated through a tab portion of the closed folder icon. The folder also has an open position for viewing the sheets held in the folder. The folder is changed between its open and closed positions by activation of a main body portion of the closed icon and the tab portion of the open folder icon. The open folder icon provides addition or removal of representations of sheets of information from and to an area outside of the folder in a screen view.

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