Patent · US Expired

Method for specifying user interfaces and programming system running a multiple user interface computer

US5606702A · kind A · utility

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12Claims

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Hans Helmut Diel · Sindelfingen, DE
Hans Gunter Dockweiler · Sindelfingen, DE
Martin Welsch · Herrenberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 20, 1995
Grant date	Feb 25, 1997
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 20, 2015

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F8/38
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a computer system, the ability to dynamically switch between different user interface types is provided. A directed graph is composed of nodes that each contain user interface information. A first part of the user interface information is common to each of the different user interface types, while a second part of the user interface information corresponds to one of the different user interface types. A presentation front end program selects a user interface type by accessing the user interface information stored in the nodes.

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