Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system – Display driving control circuitry – Controlling the condition of display elements
Patent
1994-12-13
1999-09-14
An, Meng-Ai T.
Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system
Display driving control circuitry
Controlling the condition of display elements
345340, 345348, 709223, G06F 1730
Patent
active
059530120
ABSTRACT:
A method and system for connecting to, browsing, and accessing computer network resources are provided. In a network in which the preferred embodiment of the present invention operates, a client video display includes a container called "Network Neighborhood." The Network Neighborhood provides a constrained view of the network in a NOS-independent manner. The Network Neighborhood provides a constrained view of the network by displaying only those network resources that are determined to be interesting to the user. Further, the Network Neighborhood provides this view in a NOS-independent manner by displaying all of the network resources in a consistent manner, regardless of the type of client software that was used to enumerate or discover the network resources. In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, each type of client software installed on a client determines a list of network resources that are interesting to the user. The combination of these lists of network resources is initially included in the Network Neighborhood. The user (or the user's administrator) can then determine that additional network resources are interesting to the user and can add these resources to the Network Neighborhood. Once the network resources that have been determined to be interesting to the user have been included in the Network Neighborhood, the user can browse and access these resources through the Network Neighborhood.
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Price Robert M.
Smale Leonard Thomas
Veghte William Lewis
An Meng-Ai T.
Davis Jr. Walter D.
Microsoft Corporation
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