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System and method for managing graphic images

Patent 5146556 Issued on September 8, 1992. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject February 27, 2011. 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.

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Inventors

Application

No. 660905 filed on 02/27/1991

US Classes:

715/790, Overlap control715/781, Window or viewpoint715/835Selectable iconic array

Examiners

Primary: Harkcom, Gary V.
Assistant: Nguyen, Phu K.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

International Class

G06F 015/40

Abstract

A graphic user interface for a computer is provided in which representations of application programs can be placed on the display in a specified area reserved for such a purpose in which area they could not be so readily obscured and forgotten, and which includes a facility for controlling the placement of such representations within the reserved area. The graphic images are guided into specific locations, or "docks" in the reserved area, and their removal from the docks is restricted to prevent accidental withdrawal.

Other References

  • Myers, B. A. "The User Interface for Sapphire" Dec. 1984 IEEE CG9A, pp. 13-23
  • Myers, B. A. "Window Interfaces"--Sep. 1988 IEEE CG9A pp. 65-84
  • R. A. Bolt et al., "Spatial Data-Management," Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1979
  • Claris Corporation, MacDraw II manual, 1988, pp. 44, 45 and 137
  • D. A. Henderson, Jr. et al., "Rooms: The Use of Multiple Virtual Workspaces to Reduce Space Contention in a Window-Based Graphical User Interface," ACM Transactions on Graphics, vol. 5, No. 3, Jul. 1986, pp. 211-243
  • Xerox Corporaton, "Office Systems Technology: A Look into the World of the Xerox 8000 Series Products," 1982
  • Sismilich, R. C. et al., "Interactive Computer Graphics for Manual Instrument Control," Hewlett-Packard Journal, vol. 37, No. 5, (May 1986), pp. 17-2
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