Application program initiation with initial display selection
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1. Apparatus comprising:
- a computer system; and
an application program stored accessibly to and executing on said computer system;
said application program being effective to;
display an icon permitting selection of said program for execution;
respond to a selected one of first and second starting signals initiated by pointing device selection of said icon;
said first starting signal initiating execution of said program such that a preselected display is accessed; and
said second starting signal effecting display of a list of alternative displays from which a user selects one to be accessed as execution of said program initiates.
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Abstract
A computer system, method and program are provided which offer a user a simple way to access alternatives to the “home page” web site on initiating operation of a browser program. In particular, a browser program in accordance with this invention offers a user the option of opening a session directly to the preselected “home page” web site or displaying a list of alternatives from which the user may select another web site as the site accessed as the browser program initiates. With other application programs, the alternatives may be such as providing a user with the option of selecting a particular document to open in a word processing program or a particular mail server for an email program.
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19 Claims
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1. Apparatus comprising:
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a computer system; and
an application program stored accessibly to and executing on said computer system;
said application program being effective to;
display an icon permitting selection of said program for execution;
respond to a selected one of first and second starting signals initiated by pointing device selection of said icon;
said first starting signal initiating execution of said program such that a preselected display is accessed; and
said second starting signal effecting display of a list of alternative displays from which a user selects one to be accessed as execution of said program initiates. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. Method comprising:
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providing an application program stored accessibly to and executable on a computer system;
displaying an icon on the computer system which permits selection of the application program by the computer system; and
responding to a selected one of first and second starting signals by initiating execution of the program;
said first starting signal initiating execution of the program such that a preselected web site is accessed; and
said second starting signal effecting display of a list of alternative displays from which a user selects one to be accessed as execution of the program initiates. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. Program Product comprising:
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computer readable media; and
an application program stored on said media accessibly to a computer system and effective when executing on the computer system to;
display an icon on the computer system which permits selection of the program by the computer system; and
respond to a selected one of first and second starting signals by initiating execution of the program;
said first starting signal initiating execution of the program such that a preselected display is accessed; and
said second starting signal effecting display of a list of alternative displays from which a user selects one to be accessed as execution of the program initiates. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. Method comprising:
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producing computer executable program code;
providing the program code to be deployed to and executed on a computer system;
the program code comprising instructions which are effective when executing on the computer system to;
display an icon on the computer system which permits selection of the program by the computer system; and
respond to a selected one of first and second starting signals by initiating execution of the program;
said first starting signal initiating execution of the program such that a preselected display is accessed; and
said second starting signal effecting display of a list of alternative displays from which a user selects one to be accessed as execution of the program initiates.
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