System for executing different functions associated with different contexts corresponding to different screen events based upon information stored in unified data structure
US5588141A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 30, 1993 |
| Grant date | Dec 24, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 30, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/44
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing a unified data approach to performing computational services, particularly in pen-based computer systems. The approach employs object oriented functions and establishes common data structures employable in the standardized form in particular defined functional domains of the computer system. The functional domains in which the common data structures are employable without adaptation include the view system, the scripting system, and the object store functional domains of the computational system, which preferably is a pen-based computer system. The apparatus according to the invention further includes an object system for creating, eliminating and managing the predetermined data objects and structures. The object store functional domain provides external storage with respect to the externally located operating system with which it cooperates through a minimal, i.e., narrow interface. The view system and the scripting system effectively operate in cooperation with each other in a integrated fashion enabled by similar context, unified data structures according to the invention herein.
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