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Method and apparatus for displaying multiple windows on a display monitor

US5940089A · kind A · utility

100Cited by
5References
15Claims
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Filing dateNov 12, 1996
Grant dateAug 17, 1999
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Expiry dateNov 12, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09G5/14
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A display list contains a plurality of entries which each point to a block of data to be displayed on a display screen. An attribute field associated with each entry defines the type of data in the block, so that the data may be properly processed and converted to a displayable image. The display list allows for multiple windows of different data types to be quickly processed and simultaneously displayed on the display screen.

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