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Method and apparatus for providing contextual navigation to historical data

  • US 5,621,880 A
  • Filed: 05/14/1996
  • Issued: 04/15/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/19/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of providing navigation in a multitasking windowing environment to display a window of an active object that contains data matching a specific, previously displayed user-specified search criteria, said method comprising the computer implemented steps of:

  • forming a buffer holding historical data of previously displayed windows for for each active object in said multitasking windowing environment;

    storing sequential in said historical data buffer for an active object, the data displayed in each said window of said active object as said data is displayed;

    in response to entry of a search string, searching each said historical data buffer for data matching said search string; and

    ,providing focus to said specific, previously displayed window in an active object having a historical data buffer entry that matches said search string.

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