Education and demonstration – Means for demonstrating apparatus – product – or surface... – Household equipment
Patent
1995-03-17
1997-05-06
Powell, Mark R.
Education and demonstration
Means for demonstrating apparatus, product, or surface...
Household equipment
395340, 395348, 395806, 434118, G06F 300
Patent
active
056279582
ABSTRACT:
The present invention includes a computer-based training system (CBT) having one or more Application Translation Units (ATUs), a message engine, and a script engine. For one or more target applications of interest, an ATU is provided for processing events specific to that application, thereby trapping events and translating them into abstract messages or "meta-messages" for conveying information about a particular event to the system. A general operating system ATU is also provided for trapping general system events. Translated event messages are processed by event handlers. System or application-specific messages which are not of interest are simply allowed to pass through. The individual handlers dispatch their respective messages to the script engine, which includes instructions for directing the activity of the target application(s). The script engine, in turn, acts upon an incoming message. The dispatched message triggers appropriate action (as specified by instructions within the script).
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Potts Richard J.
Vershel Mark A.
Borland International Inc.
Breene John E.
Powell Mark R.
Smart John A.
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