Variable size and position dialog area display system
April 21, 2004. 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 ReferencesFull page display apparatus for text processing system Data processing with format varying Apparatus and method for simultaneous display of characters of variable size and density Video terminal character generator Real-time cursor generator Digital device testing apparatus and method Single screen display system with multiple virtual display having prioritized service programs and dedicated memory stacks System for electronically displaying portions of several different images on a CRT screen through respective prioritized viewports Patent #: 4542376 InventorAssigneeApplicationNo. 06/597782 filed on 04/06/1984US Classes:345/467, Character generating345/629Merge or overlayExaminersPrimary: Gruber, Felix D.Assistant: Herndon, H. R. Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassG09G 1/16 (20060101)AbstractA variable size and position dialog area or alphanumeric area is provided for the screen of a computer terminal in response to a single line of data from a data bus, containing the numerical indication of the initial line of a plurality of lines of alphanumeric information to be displayed and the numerical indication of the last line of a plurality of lines of alphanumeric information to be displayed. The numerical indications are successively loaded to a state machine operating as a counter which disables the alphanumeric display during a first counting operation and enables the alphanumeric display for the duration of a second counting operation. | |
