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Editing and reflecting color display attributes of non-active profiles
Assignee: International Business Machines Corp
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Filing: 1984-10-24
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Granted: 1987-03-03
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Expires: 2004-10-24
Abstract
Abstract In a computer system in which a plurality of user profiles exist which contain specifications relative to a variety of parameters, the capability is provided to access and edit a profile other than the one which is presently active for the system. While all other specifications of the active profile are honored during editing of a non-active profile, the color specifications of the non-active profile are honored during editing of the color attributes portion of the non-active profile. Then, upon leaving the editing of color attributes of the non-active profile, the color attributes of the active profile are again honored for the remainder of the profile editing session.
Inventors
- 👤 Diane B. Copenhaver
- 👤 E. Paul Devany
- 👤 LaBrose Hedgemon
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 14:02
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F3/00; G06F3/01; G06F3/048; G06F3/0487; G06F3/0489; G06F3/04897; G06F40/00; G06F40/10; G06F40/103; G06F40/106; G06F8/00; G06F8/30; G06F8/33
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
103 words
A method of altering workstation specifications in a profile stored for a computer system including a color display device, comprising: reading said stored profile into a data memory of said system; editing workstation specifications in said profile as a non-active profile while said computer system is controlled by another active profile residing in a control memory of said system; and controlling color specifications for said display device with color attributes of said non-active profile only during editing of said color specifications of said non-active profile, whereby other edited workstation specifications cause no changes to said system operation while said non-active profile is edited.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
103 words
A method of altering workstation specifications in a profile stored for a computer system including a color display device, comprising: reading said stored profile into a data memory of said system; editing workstation specifications in said profile as a non-active profile while said computer system is controlled by another active profile residing in a control memory of said system; and controlling color specifications for said display device with color attributes of said non-active profile only during editing of said color specifications of said non-active profile, whereby other edited workstation specifications cause no changes to said system operation while said non-active profile is edited.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
37 words
The method of claim 1 further comprising: establishing a pointer to provide a memory address for a portion of said memory at which is stored a color profile containing color specifications under which said display device operates.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method of claim 2 further comprising: copying an active color profile from said active profile into a first buffer.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method of claim 3 further comprising: copying a non-active color profile from said non-active profile into a second buffer.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
41 words
The method of claim 4 further comprising: setting said pointer to point to said second buffer during editing of color specifications of said non-active profile and to point to said first buffer during editing of other specifications in said non-active profile.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
40 words
The method of claim 5 further comprising: immediately updating the contents of said second buffer during editing of said non-active profile, whereby color changes are immediately reflected to an operator during editing of color specifications of said non active profile.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method of claim 6 further comprising: saving in said memory the original color attributes of said non-active profile.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
35 words
The method of claim 7 further comprising: overwriting said original color attributes of said non-active profile with said updated contents of said second buffer in response to an operator decision to save said color changes.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of claim 8 further comprising: recording on a storage device said non-active profile after said non-active profile has been overwritten with said color changes.
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