Data processor controlled display system with audio identifiers for overlapping windows in an interactive graphical user interface
US6728675B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 3, 1999 |
| Grant date | Apr 27, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 3, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10L13/00
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
There is provided a user friendly display interface system for the interactive handling and sorting out of windows in complex window hierarchical graphical user interfaces. The system provides for the storage of a hierarchy of windows which are displayable to overlap each other in a selected order whereby a plurality of said windows are partially visible. Apparatus is provided for displaying on a display screen a plurality of these partially overlapping windows. A different audio identifier is provided and stored for each of these windows. Further apparatus is provided for moving around and positioning a pointing device, such as a cursor on the display screen, in combination with means responsive to the pointing device for announcing the audio identifier for each window which said pointing device enters. The pointing device may be a user controlled cursor, a stylus or even a finger in touch sensitive display systems. The audio identifier may conveniently be the name in the title bar of the window.
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