Method and apparatus for improved manipulation of data between an application program and the files system on a computer-controlled display system

Patent 5598524 Issued on January 28, 1997. Estimated Expiration Date:

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Inventors

Assignee

Apple Computer, Inc.

Application

No. 025989 filed on 03/03/1993

US Classes:

715/769, Data transfer operation between objects (e.g., drag and drop)715/781, Window or viewpoint715/835Selectable iconic array

Examiners

Primary: Powell, Mark R.
Assistant: Ho, Ruay Lian

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman

International Class

G06F 003/14

Abstract

A method and apparatus for allowing selecting within a window on a computer system display within a first application program and moving that item to a second position on a display controlled by a file system manager. A file is created by the file system manager which is representative of the discrete data item selected and dragged. A representation of the data is provided on the computer system display, such as an icon specified by the application program from which the data originated and identifying file name.

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