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Display and manipulation of window's border and slide-up title bar
Assignee: International Business Machines Corp
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Filing: 1995-07-31
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Granted: 1996-12-17
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Expires: 2015-07-31
Abstract
Abstract A technique for the display and manipulation of windows resembling real-word objects in an object-oriented graphical interface displays windows without substantial borders, continuously displayed title bars, scroll bars, and various graphical icons and symbols that surround the information in conventional windows. Window components are provided to support window manipulation functions such as MOVE, SIZE and CLOSE. A slide-up title bar with a close-box is generally kept hidden behind the window until dragged-up by the user when desired. Thin borders, which are used to conserve screen real estate, may be manipulated to perform a CLOSE operation with a "flicking" gesture or perform a SIZE operations by dragging the window's border. Moving a window may be performed by clicking a "whitespace" area and dragging to a desired destination.
Inventors
- 👤 Richard E. Berry
- 👤 Jon H. Werner
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 10:55
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F3/00; G06F3/01; G06F3/048; G06F3/0481
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
102 words
A method for executing a predetermined operation on a borderless window displayed on a display device coupled to a data processing system, comprising the steps of: displaying, on said display device, a substantially borderless window having a configuration representing a two-dimensional view of a three-dimensional object, without display of any icon associated with said window; positioning a displayed input device pointer over a predetermined area of said window; activating an input means associated with said input device; and moving said pointer in accordance with one of a plurality of predetermined pointer movements to cause an action to be taken on said window.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
102 words
A method for executing a predetermined operation on a borderless window displayed on a display device coupled to a data processing system, comprising the steps of: displaying, on said display device, a substantially borderless window having a configuration representing a two-dimensional view of a three-dimensional object, without display of any icon associated with said window; positioning a displayed input device pointer over a predetermined area of said window; activating an input means associated with said input device; and moving said pointer in accordance with one of a plurality of predetermined pointer movements to cause an action to be taken on said window.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
18 words
A method, according to claim 1, wherein said action is a change in size of said displayed window.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
15 words
A method, according to claim 1, wherein said three-dimensional object is a sheet of paper.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
34 words
A method, according to claim 1, wherein said predetermined pointer movement further comprises the step of moving said pointer toward an inside area of said window to reduce the displayed size of said window.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
124 words
A data processing system, comprising: one or more processors; a storage system; an input/output subsystem coupled to said storage system and said one or more processors by a bus, said input/output subsystem further coupled to a display device; means for displaying, on said display device, a substantially borderless window having a configuration representing a two-dimensional view of a three-dimensional object, without display of any icon associated with said substantially borderless window; means for positioning a displayed input device pointer over a predetermined area of said window; means for activating an input means associated with said input device; and means for moving said pointer in accordance with one of a plurality of predetermined pointer movements to cause an action to be taken on said window.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
124 words
A data processing system, comprising: one or more processors; a storage system; an input/output subsystem coupled to said storage system and said one or more processors by a bus, said input/output subsystem further coupled to a display device; means for displaying, on said display device, a substantially borderless window having a configuration representing a two-dimensional view of a three-dimensional object, without display of any icon associated with said substantially borderless window; means for positioning a displayed input device pointer over a predetermined area of said window; means for activating an input means associated with said input device; and means for moving said pointer in accordance with one of a plurality of predetermined pointer movements to cause an action to be taken on said window.
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