Method and system for sharing a menu by multiple components in a

Details Method and system for sharing a menu by multiple components in a Method and system for sharing a menu by multiple components in a

1996-01-30

1998-06-09

Teska, Kevin J.

395353, G06F 710

Patent

active

057649600

ABSTRACT:
In a component-based system such as OpenDoc, only one component can be "active," such that only the active component has control of the menubar and the pop-up menus. An active component may contain both intrinsic contents and embedded components. The active component allows the user to "select" some or all of its embedded components such that the user can act on the selected embedded components. When the selection is an intrinsic content, it is straightforward for the active component to present menu options that allows the user to interact with the selection. However, when the selection is an embedded component, there is no standard method for presenting menu options that allows the user to interact with selected embedded component; especially when multiple embedded components are selected within a compound document. This invention provides a method for sharing a menu by multiple embedded components in a component-based computer system.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4933880 (1990-06-01), Borgendale et al.
patent: 4974194 (1990-11-01), Barker et al.
patent: 4984152 (1991-01-01), Muller
patent: 5119475 (1992-06-01), Smith et al.
patent: 5311422 (1994-05-01), Loftin et al.
patent: 5384910 (1995-01-01), Torres
patent: 5404435 (1995-04-01), Rosenmaum
patent: 5423023 (1995-06-01), Batch et al.
patent: 5537526 (1996-07-01), Anderson et al.
patent: 5640579 (1997-06-01), Koppolu et al.
IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, vol. 31, No. 1, Jan. 1995, "Graphical User Interface for the Distributed Computing Enviroment".
IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, vol. 38, No. 9, Sep. 1995, "Setup Program Configuration Interface for Personal Computers".

Affiliated with

Also associated with

Rating

Method and system for sharing a menu by multiple components in a does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.

If you have personal experience with Method and system for sharing a menu by multiple components in a, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Method and system for sharing a menu by multiple components in a will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-2213314