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Support for custom user-interaction elements in a graphical, event driven computer system

  • US 5,692,142 A
  • Filed: 02/01/1996
  • Issued: 11/25/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/13/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. For use in a graphical, event-driven computer system having a computer display, a method of providing a custom interactive user-interface element in a frame of a window of an application program, in addition to system-defined elements provided in each window displayed by said computer system, said method comprising the steps of:

  • storing information referring to an icon, stored as part of said application program and used to visually represent the custom interactive user-interface element, in a location accessible to a window manager; and

    the window manager drawing on the computer display a frame of the window including drawing, at a size and location determined by the window manager, the icon used to visually represent the custom interactive user-interface element.

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