Data processing system graphical user interface which emulates printed material

Patent 5463725 Issued on October 31, 1995. Estimated Expiration Date:

December 31, 2012. 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.

Abstract Claims Description Full Text

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Inventors

Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation

Application

No. 998988 filed on 12/31/1992

US Classes:

345/473Animation

Examiners

Primary: Powell, Mark R.
Assistant: Huynh, Ba

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Hill; Kenneth C., Dillon; Andrew J.

Foreign Patent References

0390611A2 EP. 10/13/1989
0384986A2 EP. 09/13/1990
2181864 JP. 07/13/1990
2183886A GB. 06/13/1987
WO87/01481 WO. 03/13/1987

International Class

G06F 015/00

Abstract

An interface for making information available to a user provides a display similar to a printed book or magazine. In order to "turn the page" of the displayed book, the user touches the screen with his hand or a pointing device, and moves it across the screen. Movement across the screen, while touching the screen, causes an animated turning of the page of the displayed printed material. This page turning technique is very similar to the turning of a page with an actual book or magazine.

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