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Method and apparatus to prevent top-most windows from interfering with TV mode in a PC/TV

  • US 6,104,390 A
  • Filed: 02/16/1999
  • Issued: 08/15/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A electronic convergence device having a TV mode and a computer mode, said electronic convergence device comprising:

  • a computer subsystem;

    a convergence module adapted to receive signals intended for a television, said convergence device connected to said computer subsystem;

    a monitor, connected to said computer subsystem, for displaying said computer mode and said TV mode to said user,an input device for allowing a user to input commands to said electronic convergence device, wherein a first command changes a mode of said electronic convergence device from a computer mode to a TV mode and wherein said computer subsystem alters a top-most characteristic of a top-most window to an altered top-most window that has a characteristic of a non-top most window after said first command is received by said electronic convergence device such that said top-most window cannot be displayed when said electronic convergence device is in TV mode unless further input is provided by said user.

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