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User interface with individually configurable panel interfaces for use in a computer system

US5754174A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 4, 1996
Grant dateMay 19, 1998
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Expiry dateNov 4, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/0481
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A user interface has a main module and a plurality of panel modules. The main module presents the user interface on the display screen to a user. The plurality of panel modules are in communication with the main module. Each panel module presents a panel interface on the display screen to the user. Each panel module is individually configurable and each panel is configurable as part of the user interface presented by the main module.

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