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Selective user coupling for shared object oriented computer system

  • US 5,615,336 A
  • Filed: 12/30/1992
  • Issued: 03/25/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/30/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An object based computer system, comprising:

  • at least one computer;

    a plurality of objects including at least two semantic objects;

    object manager means for managing the plurality of objects;

    a plurality of viewers, each viewer being linked to one of the semantic objects wherein a plurality of viewers are linkable to the same semantic object to allow concurrent observation of that semantic object;

    presence mechanism means for notifying each viewer linked to the same semantic object of the presence of other viewers currently linked to that semantic object by means of an indication on each of the plurality of viewers linked to the same semantic object; and

    navigational coupling means for coupling together two viewers linked to the same semantic object so as to pass a navigational message generated by a first one of the plurality of viewers to a second one of the plurality of viewers so that when the first one of the plurality of viewers becomes linked to another one of the semantic objects then so does the second one of the plurality of viewers whereby the first one of the plurality of viewers leads the second viewer around and between objects in the system.

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