Window management system with recording status display
US6057835A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 23, 1997 |
| Grant date | May 2, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 23, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/451
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A window management system makes it possible to collectively control plural application programs by a common user interface, regardless of whether each program is so constructed as to respond to the message from the user interface. The system is provided with an acquisition unit for acquiring display information of the program, a collective operation instruction unit for instructing a collective operation to the program, a transmission unit for transmitting the instructed operation to the program and a display control unit for displaying the status of the instructed operation in a specified display area.
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