Direct cursor-controlled access to multiple application programs and data
First Claim
1. An interactive method for navigating between windows of at least one computer application program installed on a computer system, said method comprising the steps of:
- monitoring a user input to determine if an exploding cursor function has been activated; and
linking said windows in an arbitrary sequence to form a chain of windows when said exploding cursor function has been activated, said windows being identified by a file stored in said computer system and ordered in the file in a sequence according to an order in which the windows were activated in a computer session.
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Abstract
A method for navigating between and within application programs resident in a computer system provides easy access to the programs and data within the programs. Two or more windows may be optionally linked together in an arbitrary sequence to form a chain. A user may invoke a function resident in the computer system to directly access windows in the chain in a sequence determined by the order in which the user opens the windows in a given session. The method for traversing between windows in the chain involves a uniform, short procedure dependent on positioning of a pointing cursor within an active window and, for example, pressing a mouse button. Further access to data within any application program is available by following a procedure which, although slightly different from that used to navigate between programs, is still uniform and short when compared with that normally used to traverse application programs.
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9 Claims
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1. An interactive method for navigating between windows of at least one computer application program installed on a computer system, said method comprising the steps of:
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monitoring a user input to determine if an exploding cursor function has been activated; and linking said windows in an arbitrary sequence to form a chain of windows when said exploding cursor function has been activated, said windows being identified by a file stored in said computer system and ordered in the file in a sequence according to an order in which the windows were activated in a computer session. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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