System and method for providing a user interface
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1. A dividable user-interface displayable by a display device of an information handling system, comprising:
- a user interface divided from an initial display of information output by a display device of an information handling system, the divided user interface including at least a first portion having data corresponding to the initial display of information and a second portion having a display of an input device, the input device suitable for providing data entered by a user through the input device to the information handling system;
wherein the display of the input device displayed in the second portion of the user interface does not substantially interfere with data corresponding to the initial display of information as displayed in the first portion of the user interface.
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a system and method of providing a user interface displayable by a display device of an information handling system including a display of an input device which does not interfere with data displayed on the display data and which is accessible to the user.
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1. A dividable user-interface displayable by a display device of an information handling system, comprising:
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a user interface divided from an initial display of information output by a display device of an information handling system, the divided user interface including at least a first portion having data corresponding to the initial display of information and a second portion having a display of an input device, the input device suitable for providing data entered by a user through the input device to the information handling system;
wherein the display of the input device displayed in the second portion of the user interface does not substantially interfere with data corresponding to the initial display of information as displayed in the first portion of the user interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of providing a dividable user-interface which is displayable by a display device of an information handling system, comprising:
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outputting a user interface having an initial display of information by a display device of an information handling system; and
dividing the user interface into at least a first portion having data corresponding to the initial display of information and a second portion having a display of an input device, the input device suitable for providing data entered by a user through the input device to the information handling system;
wherein the display of the input device displayed in the second portion of the user interface does not substantially interfere with data corresponding to the initial display of information as displayed in the first portion of the user interface. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An information handling system including a dividable user-interface, comprising:
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a memory suitable for storing a program of instructions;
a display device suitable for providing a display of data; and
a processor suitable for performing a program of instructions, the processor communicatively coupled to the display device and the memory, wherein the program of instructions configures the processor to output a user interface having an initial display of information by the display device; and
divide the user interface into at least a first portion having data corresponding to the initial display of information and a second portion having a display of an input device;
wherein the display of the input device displayed in the second portion of the user interface does not substantially interfere with data corresponding to the initial display of information as displayed in the first portion of the user interface. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A dividable user-interface displayable by a display device of an information handling system, comprising:
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means for outputting a user interface having an initial display of information by a display device of an information handling system; and
means for dividing the user interface into at least a first portion having data corresponding to the initial display of information and a second portion having a display of means for inputting data, the input means suitable for providing data entered by a user through the input means to the information handling system;
wherein the display of the input means displayed in the second portion of the user interface does not substantially interfere with data corresponding to the initial display of information as displayed in the first portion of the user interface.
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