Did You Know...
...that Charles Goodyear performed some of his experiments on rubber while in debtor's prison? He was there so often he referred to it as his "hotel". Chronically in debt because of poor business sense and ill health, Goodyear depended on the generosity of friends and family. Even after he unlocked the secret to vulcanizing rubber, he was unable to improve his financial situation. When he died, his estate was $200,000 in debt.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6115029 | Graphical pointing device and method for controlling a graphical pointer within a data processing system A graphical pointing device and method for controlling a graphical pointer displayed within a display device of a data processing system are disclosed. The graphical pointing device includes a transducer, which converts manipulation of the graphical point... | 09/05/2000 |
| 5920688 | Method and operating system for manipulating the orientation of an output image of a data processing system An operating system for manipulating the orientation of an output image of a data processing system provides operating system support to rotate an image output to a device driver at rendering time for printing in portrait or landscape mode and for display... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5874966 | Customizable graphical user interface that automatically identifies major objects in a user-selected digitized color image and permits data to be associated with the major objects A data processing system graphical user interface that is customizable to any user-selected color bitmap image is provided. According to the present invention, a user-selected color bitmap image containing a plurality of major objects is imported into the... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5838316 | Method and system for presenting a plurality of animated display objects to a user for selection on a graphical user interface in a data processing system A computer program product for presenting animated display objects to a user for selection on a graphical user interface of a data processing system is provided. A plurality of animated display objects are simultaneously displayed by a graphical user inte... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5832309 | System for synchronization with nonstreaming device controller and a streaming data handler each supplying current location for synchronizing slave data and master data flow Disclosed are apparatus and methods for synchronized presentation of analog and digital data by applying a common synchronization scheme to both types of data. Digital data is "streamed" by transferring the data in blocks from a source to a series of memo... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5764215 | Method and system for generating a global hit test data structure using scan line compression of windows in a graphical user interface A method and system for enhanced locator hit testing and region clipping of windows in a windowing environment of a data processing system is provided. A global hit test data structure is generated having a plurality of compressed scan line data sets that... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5764229 | Method of and system for updating dynamic translucent windows with buffers A method of and system for implementing dynamic translucent windows in a graphical user interface. Each translucent window has associated therewith a foreground buffer and a background buffer. Whenever a translucent window is updated, the system, starting... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5745761 | Advanced graphics driver architecture with extension capability Disclosed is a support architecture that facilitates use of display device drivers containing a minimum of hardware-specific software code. A driver need support only a relatively few common functions, which act as building blocks for the larger, more com... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5732228 | Method and system for per widget graphical pointer control within a data processing system graphical user interface A method and system are disclosed for controlling the movement of a graphical pointer displayed within a display device of a data processing system having a graphical pointing device. According to the present invention, a widget, a predefined region withi... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5715459 | Advanced graphics driver architecture Disclosed is a support architecture that facilitates use of display device drivers containing a minimum of hardware-specific software code. A driver need support only a relatively few common functions, which act as building blocks for the larger, more com... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5710574 | Method and system for positioning a graphical pointer within a widget of a data processing system graphical user interface A method and system are disclosed for positioning a graphical pointer displayed within a widget displayed within the display device of a data processing system having a graphical pointing device. According to the present invention, a widget, a predefined ... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5687376 | System for monitoring performance of advanced graphics driver including filter modules for passing supported commands associated with function calls and recording task execution time for graphic operation Disclosed is a support architecture that facilitates use of display device drivers containing a minimum of hardware-specific software code. A driver need support only a relatively few common functions, which act as building blocks for the larger, more com... | 11/11/1997 |
