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User interface customization apparatus

  • US 5,179,700 A
  • Filed: 07/18/1990
  • Issued: 01/12/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/19/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An interactive computer system processing at least one application program, said application program generating a plurality of display panels representing output to a user and input requested of a user of said computer system, said plurality of display panels making up a display panel set, wherein one display panel of said display panel set is displayed on a display device and wherein the application program processing continues processing based on operator information entered in or operator actions taken with respect to the display panel by said user, said system comprising:

  • display panel mapping means for mapping information from said first display panel set generated by said application program onto a second display panel set different from said first display panel set and defined by said user, said mapping means establishing correspondence between said first and second display panels, said display panel mapping means operatively connected to said application program;

    display control means for inhibiting display of a display panel from said first display panel set and instead displaying a corresponding display panel from said second display panel set, said display control means connected to said display device and to said display panel mapping means;

    operator mapping means for mapping any operators associated with said displayed display panel onto one or more operators for a corresponding one of said first display panels, said operator mapping means, responsive to an operator issued by a user from one of said second display panels, outputting a corresponding operator for a corresponding first display panel; and

    ,operator transfer means for transferring said mapped operator from said operator mapping means to said application program.

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