Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system – Display driving control circuitry – Controlling the condition of display elements
Patent
1995-08-18
1998-06-16
Kim, Matthew M.
Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system
Display driving control circuitry
Controlling the condition of display elements
345326, G06F 314
Patent
active
057678499
ABSTRACT:
A window management system resident in a computer operating system provides a generic windowing interface for application programs written to operate with various specific graphical user interfaces. The window management system includes a common graphical user interface (GUI) which receives window related application programming interface (API) calls from the application programs, and transforms the various types of API calls native to a particular GUI, into a generic format compatible a personality neutral common windowing format. The personality neutral calls are then be passed from the CGUI to a personality neutral event/window management server which services the calls, and controls the creation, deletion and modification of the various windows on the display. The present invention allows user to "port" application programs written for one GUI, to a computer system operating a different GUI.
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Borgendale Kenneth W.
Holland Ian Michael
Lawrence Kelvin Roberick
Powell Colin Victor
Verburg Richard Lee
dela Torre Crescelle N.
Dillon Andrew J.
International Business Machines - Corporation
Kim Matthew M.
Walker Mark S.
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