Direct cursor-controlled access to multiple application programs

Details Direct cursor-controlled access to multiple application programs Direct cursor-controlled access to multiple application programs

1988-01-26

1991-09-17

Harkcom, Gary V.

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364900, 340721, 340734, G06F 314, G09G 100

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050501054

ABSTRACT:
A method for navigating between and within application programs resident in a computer system provides easy access to the programs and data within the programs. Two or more windows may be optionally linked together in an arbitrary sequence to form a chain. A user may invoke a function resident in the computer system to directly access windows in the chain in a sequence determined by the order in which the user opens the windows in a given session. The method for traversing between windows in the chain involves a uniform, short procedure dependent on positioning of a pointing cursor within an active window and, for example, pressing a mouse button. Further access to data within any application program is available by following a procedure which, although slightly different from that used to navigate between programs, is still uniform and short when compared with that normally used to traverse application programs.

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