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            Appeal No. 97-2583                                                                          
            Application 08/156,951                                                                      

                              coupling each of said separate video display                              
            device drivers to a single virtual video display device                                     
            driver;                                                                                     
                              maintaining a representation of each object                               
            displayed within all of said graphic user interface sessions                                
            within said single virtual video display device driver;                                     
                              simultaneously coupling each of said separate                             
            video display device drivers to said video display; and                                     
                              controlling what portion of said video display                            
            screen each of said separate video display device drivers may                               
            paint to [sic] utilizing said single virtual video display                                  
            device driver.                                                                              
                        15.  A data processing system having a video display                            
            including a video display screen for permitting simultaneous                                
            presentation of video data objects within multiple windows                                  
            which are each supported by different graphic user interfaces,                              
            said data processing system comprising:                                                     
                              a plurality of video display device drivers,                              
            each of said video display device drivers for painting a                                    
            display of objects within an associated graphic user interface                              
            session;                                                                                    
                              means for coupling each of said separate video                            
            display device drivers to a single virtual video display                                    
            device driver;                                                                              
                              means for maintaining a representation of each                            
            object displayed within all of said graphic user interface                                  
            sessions within said single virtual display device drivers;                                 
                              means for simultaneously coupling each of said                            
            separate video display device drivers to said video display;                                
            and                                                                                         
                              means for controlling what portion of said video                          
            display screen each of said separate video display device                                   
            drivers may paint to [sic] utilizing said single virtual video                              
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