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Interactive combination display

Patent 4417239 Issued on November 22, 1983. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject December 24, 2000. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

Patent References

3654609

Cursor find system for the display of a word processing system
Patent #: 3974493
Issued on: 08/10/1976
Inventor: de Cavaignac ,   et al.

Readout for recording typewriter
Patent #: 4016365
Issued on: 04/05/1977
Inventor: Staar

Raster scanned display system
Patent #: 4107664
Issued on: 08/15/1978
Inventor: Marino

Interface device for encoding a digital image for a CRT display Patent #: 4121283
Issued on: 10/17/1978
Inventor: Walker

Inventors

Application

No. 06/219668 filed on 12/24/1980

US Classes:

715/856, Cursor345/660, Scaling400/83DISPLAYING TYPEWRITER-FORMED REPRESENTATION OF PRINT-LINE

Examiners

Primary: Curtis, Marshall M.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

International Classes

G06F 17/21 (20060101)
G09G 5/08 (20060101)
G09G 1/16 (20060101)

Abstract

There is disclosed a technique for displaying scrollable operating and scale lines simultaneously with an active miniature full page representation. Displayed on the operating line along with active characters is a cursor character. Displayed in the miniature full page are text indicators for representing accurately to the operator the format of the whole page of text. The miniature page is updateable upon keying. The position of the cursor within the miniature full page representation is indicated by blinking the associated character position and displaying peripheral arrows adjacent the outline of the miniature full page representation.

Other References

  • Abbreviated Character Font Display, Bringol, IBM Tech. Discl. Bull., vol. 19, #9
  • Combination of Alphanumeric and Formatting Data on CRT Display, Webb, IBM Tech. Discl. Bull., vol. 15, #7
  • IBM Tech. Discl. Bull.; vol. 23, #8; Ringle et al.; 1/81, pp. 3794-3795; Multi-Page Document Display
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