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Method for processing type-ahead input and operation-abort input

  • US 5,900,024 A
  • Filed: 11/07/1996
  • Issued: 05/04/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/07/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for processing user-input that may include a command to abort a previously requested operation or data entered in anticipation of completion of the previously requested operation, the user-input being represented by a value queued in a first queue by an operating system, said method comprising the computer-implemented steps of:

  • determining if the value represents a command to abort the previously requested operation;

    aborting the previously requested operation if the value represents a command to abort the previously requested operation;

    if the value does not represent a command to abort the previously requested operation, performing the steps ofqueuing the value in a second queue,removing the value from the second queue after completion of the previously requested operation, andassociating the value with a display window to which user-input is focused after completion of the previously requested operation.

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