Patent
1995-06-06
1997-05-27
Powell, Mark R.
395339, 395352, 395777, G06F 1500, G06F 700
Patent
active
056340192
ABSTRACT:
A computer method and system for interacting with a containee object contained within a container object. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the container object has a container application with a container window environment that has container resources for interacting with the container object. The containee object has a server application with a server window environment with server resources for interacting with the containee object. The method of the present invention displays the container window environment on a display device. A user then selects the containee object. In response to selecting the containee object, the method integrates a plurality of the server resources with the displayed container window environment. When a user then selects a server resource, the method invokes the server application to process the server resource selection. Conversely, when a user selects a container resource, the method invokes the container application to process the container resource selection.
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Hodges C. Douglas
Koppolu Srinivasa R.
MacKichan Barry B.
McDaniel Richard
Remala Rao V.
Huynh Ba
Microsoft Corporation
Powell Mark R.
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