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System which can display multiwindows and its window dosplay method

  • US 5,590,265 A
  • Filed: 07/23/1993
  • Issued: 12/31/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/27/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system which can display multiwindows, comprising:

  • window information memory means for storing a content and a display position of each of a plurality of windows and a higher/lower hierarchy among the windows;

    first display control means for allowing the plurality of windows to be displayed on a same screen in a manner such that the content of a window with a higher hierarchy is displayed to overlap two or more windows of a lower hierarchy based on information stored in said window information memory means;

    instructing means for providing instructions to display the windows in a transparent state in which the plurality of windows are displayed on the same screen by said first display control means; and

    second display control means, which operates in response to the instructions of said instructing means, for allowing each window, except for contents within frames of the windows, to be displayed based on the hierarchy information stored in said window information memory means in a manner such that frames of lower hierarchy windows are overlapped by frames of higher hierarchy windows and are displayed with a title bar including a window name on the basis of a higher/lower hierarchy among the windows stored in said window information memory means.

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