Multi-window display control system
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1. A display control system, comprising:
- an input that allows a user to select operations and to input display instructions regarding selected operations;
a memory coupled to the input that stores input selections and instructions; and
a display controller coupled to the memory and the input that controls display of selected operations by configuring the display into distinct areas of operations, including a first area of active operations and a second area of inactive operations, wherein each area of operations is capable of displaying multiple work windows.
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Abstract
A multi-window display control system includes a display area setting device for setting a first display area in the display area on a physical screen and setting a second display area in another area, different than the first display area. A display controller controls display of an active window or windows selected as application software and all the other inactive windows in the second display area so as not to overlap each other.
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31 Claims
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1. A display control system, comprising:
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an input that allows a user to select operations and to input display instructions regarding selected operations; a memory coupled to the input that stores input selections and instructions; and a display controller coupled to the memory and the input that controls display of selected operations by configuring the display into distinct areas of operations, including a first area of active operations and a second area of inactive operations, wherein each area of operations is capable of displaying multiple work windows. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 18)
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15. A multi-window display control system including:
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display area setting means for setting a first display area capable of displaying multiple work windows on a screen and setting a second display area capable of displaying multiple work windows on the same screen; and display control means for controlling display of at least one active work window selected by a user in the first display area and displaying at least one inactive work window in the second display area, wherein the active work window and inactive work window are arranged to be non-overlapping. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method of controlling the display of a plurality of operation windows, comprising the steps of:
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dividing a display area into an active display area for operation windows actively used and an inactive display area for operation windows not actively used; establishing a size of each operation window in each display area; establishing a position for each operation window in each display area; and selecting at least one operation window to be displayed in the active display area. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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