Appeal No. 97-1658
Application 08/075,278
The invention pertains to apparatus for organizing windows on a computer display screen.
Claims 1 and 40 are illustrative and read as follows:
1. An apparatus for organizing a graphic workspace on a computer including a display having a
graphic workspace, comprising:
memory to store a plurality of objects, wherein objects comprise processing units which occupy
a window on the display when opened;
first window management logic, coupled with the display, that manages and displays a plurality
of windows within a window region of the graphic workspace, wherein one or more windows in the
plurality of windows may overlap and obscure other windows in the plurality of windows within the
window region;
second window management logic, coupled with the display and the first window management
logic, that provides a control region within the graphic workspace, and an identifier within the control
region corresponding to a particular window, and is responsive to user input indicating selection of the
identifier within the control region for displaying the particular window in the window region; and
logic that removes the particualr [sic, particular] window from the window region in response to
selection of another window.
40. An apparatus for organizing a graphic workspace on a computer including a display having
a graphic workspace, comprising:
memory to store a plurality of objects, wherein objects comprise processing units which occupy
a window on the display when opened;
first window management logic, coupled with the display, that manages and displays a plurality
of windows within a window region of the graphic workspace, wherein one or more windows in the
plurality of windows may overlap and obscure other windows in the plurality of windows within the
window region;
second window management logic, coupled with the display and the first window management
logic, that provides a control region within the graphic workspace, and an identifier within the control
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