Method and system for in-place interaction with contained objects

Patent 5634019 Issued on May 27, 1997. Estimated Expiration Date:

June 6, 2015. 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

Patent References

Object management facility which includes a snapshot facility for providing data transfer between two objects Patent #: 5079695
Issued on: 01/07/1992
Inventor: Dysart, et al.

Inventors

Assignee

Microsoft Corporation

Application

No. 468833 filed on 06/06/1995

US Classes:

715/744, Interface customization or adaption (e.g., client server)715/515, Compound document715/765, Customizing multiple diverse workspace objects715/810Menu or selectable iconic array (e.g., palette)

Examiners

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

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Seed and Berry LLP

Foreign Patent References

0215203 EP 03/13/1987
0304071 EP 02/13/1989

International Classes

G06F 015/00
G06F 007/00

Abstract

A computer method and system for interacting with a containee object contained within a container object. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the container object has a container application with a container window environment that has container resources for interacting with the container object. The containee object has a server application with a server window environment with server resources for interacting with the containee object. The method of the present invention displays the container window environment on a display device. A user then selects the containee object. In response to selecting the containee object, the method integrates a plurality of the server resources with the displayed container window environment. When a user then selects a server resource, the method invokes the server application to process the server resource selection. Conversely, when a user selects a container resource, the method invokes the container application to process the container resource selection.

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