Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system – Display driving control circuitry – Controlling the condition of display elements
Patent
1995-06-07
1998-08-04
Nguyen, Phu K.
Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system
Display driving control circuitry
Controlling the condition of display elements
G06F 1500
Patent
active
057901163
ABSTRACT:
A computer user interface includes a mechanism of graphically representing and displaying user-definable objects of multiple types. The object types that can be represented include data records, not limited to a particular kind of data, and agents. An agent processes information automatically on behalf of the user. Another mechanism allows a user to define objects, for example by using a template. These two mechanisms act together to allow each object to be displayed to the user and acted upon by the user in a uniform way regardless of type. For example, templates for defining objects allow a specification to be input by a user defining processing that can be performed by an agent.
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Berenson Richard W.
Lai Kum-Yew
Malone Thomas W.
Yu Keh-Chiang
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Nguyen Phu K.
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