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Priority selection on a graphical interface

  • US 5,767,852 A
  • Filed: 06/12/1996
  • Issued: 06/16/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/12/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An priority-controller icon displayed on a graphical user interface of a computer system, the icon comprising:

  • one or more locations, each location associated with a priority of execution and a first location being one of the locations;

    a threshold distance for each of the locations, where an icon, representing a process, is placed on the graphical user interface within the threshold distance of the first location causing the process represented by the icon to be assigned the priority of execution of the first location.

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