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Method and system for in-place interaction with contained objects

  • US 5,634,019 A
  • Filed: 06/06/1995
  • Issued: 05/27/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/01/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method in a computer system for dynamically integrating server resources with container resources of a container window environment, the container resources provided by a container application that manages a container object that contains a containee object, the server resources provided by a server application that manages the containee object, each resource having a behavior, the method comprising:

  • under control of the container application,displaying the container window environment;

    displaying a representation of the containee object within the displayed container window environment;

    receiving a request to activate the containee object; and

    in response to receiving the request, requesting the server application to activate the containee object;

    under control of the server application,in response to the request to activate the containee object, initializing a list of resources with server resources to be displayed when the containee object is activated and requesting the container application to augment the list of resources with the container resources;

    under control of the container application,in response to the request to augment the list of resources, augmenting the list of resources with container resources to be displayed when the containee object is activated;

    under control of the server application,requesting the container application to display resources in the augmented list of resources; and

    under control of the container application,in response to the request to display the list of resources, displaying the resources of the augmented list of resourceswherein when a displayed server resource is selected, the server application is requested to perform the behavior associated with the selected server resource and when a displayed container resource is selected, the container application is requested to perform the behavior of the selected container resource.

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