Computer method and apparatus for unfreezing an apparently froze

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1997-09-26

1999-06-08

Teska, Kevin J.

Data processing: database and file management or data structures

Database design

Data structure types

395704, 395706, 395186, 395591, 395157, 39518314, 707200, G06F 9455

Patent

active

059110600

ABSTRACT:
The invention provides an apparatus and computer method, generally referred to as ANTI-FREEZE.TM., for controlling the operation of a computer running under an operating system such as WINDOWS.RTM. 95 and WINDOW.RTM. NT operating system, or their like, for making responsive a program when that program becomes unresponsive to inputs from the keyboard and/or mouse. ANTI-FREEZE.TM. provides a user interface for the selection of an unresponsive program and then causes the operating system to send a message to the selected unresponsive program. If the selected unresponsive program responds to the message from the operating system, ANTI-FREEZE.TM. determines if the selected unresponsive program has any disabled windows and if so enabling a disabled window resulting in the selected unresponsive program to again become responsive. If the selected unresponsive program does not respond to the message from the operating system, ANTI-FREEZE.TM. modifies the selected unresponsive program to become responsive to messages sent from the operating system to the selected unresponsive program resulting in the selected unresponsive program to again become responsive.

REFERENCES:
patent: 5515493 (1996-05-01), Boston et al.
patent: 5526485 (1996-06-01), Brodsky
patent: 5815702 (1998-09-01), Kannan et al.

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