US5619638A
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Object based computer system having representation objects for providing interpretative views onto a data object
Assignee: Hewlett Packard Development Co LP
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Filing: 1994-02-28
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Granted: 1997-04-08
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Expires: 2014-02-28
Abstract
Abstract Object based computer system which has objects and object parts which are either (a) semantic, relating to stored data, or (b) presentation, relating to presentation of the semantic objects to the user. Multiple presentation objects, or viewers, can be linked to a particular semantic object so that an intelligible user's model of the system results. Representation objects provide particular forms of presentation of data of the semantic objects and may be linked so that alternative and multiple presentations of the data of a semantic object are possible.
Inventors
- 👤 Hugh Duggan
- 👤 William Morel
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 01:17
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F9/00; G06F9/06; G06F9/44; G06F9/451
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
185 words
A distributed object based computer system comprising: a plurality of data objects; a plurality of window objects for viewing said data objects; a plurality of representation objects linked to certain of said data objects, at least some of the data of said representation objects being taken from the data objects to which said representation objects are linked, and said representation objects, when activated, controlling the presentation of data of said certain data objects to said plurality of window objects; means for linking one of said certain data objects to at least one of said representation objects so that said at least one representation object receives details of changes made to data of said one certain data object to which said at least one representation object is linked; an object manager for activating data objects and representation objects by associating respective processes with said data objects and said representation objects; and means for linking a plurality of window objects to said at least one representation object so that a plurality of users can view said at least one representation object using said plurality of window objects.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
185 words
A distributed object based computer system comprising: a plurality of data objects; a plurality of window objects for viewing said data objects; a plurality of representation objects linked to certain of said data objects, at least some of the data of said representation objects being taken from the data objects to which said representation objects are linked, and said representation objects, when activated, controlling the presentation of data of said certain data objects to said plurality of window objects; means for linking one of said certain data objects to at least one of said representation objects so that said at least one representation object receives details of changes made to data of said one certain data object to which said at least one representation object is linked; an object manager for activating data objects and representation objects by associating respective processes with said data objects and said representation objects; and means for linking a plurality of window objects to said at least one representation object so that a plurality of users can view said at least one representation object using said plurality of window objects.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
29 words
A system according to claim 1, further comprising means for concurrently linking a plurality of representation objects to a data object for representing the data of said data object.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
34 words
A system according to claim 1, further comprising means for concurrently linking a plurality of representation objects to different parts of a data object for representing different portions of data of said data object.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
25 words
A system according to claim 1, further comprising means for providing a plurality of concurrent presentations of a representation object to a plurality of users.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
29 words
A system according to claim 1, further comprising means for changing data of a data object by changing the data of a representation object linked to said data object.
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