Appeal No. 97-2583
Application 08/156,951
Longo et al. (Longo) 4,903,218 Feb. 20, 1990
Kolnick 5,062,060 Oct. 29, 1991
Rao 5,121,478 Jun. 9, 1992
The Rejections on Appeal
Claims 12 and 15 stand finally rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Rao and Longo.
Claims 13, 14, 16 and 17 stand finally rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Rao, Longo and
Kolnick.
The Invention
The invention is directed to a method and apparatus for
simultaneous presentation of multiple windows on a display,
which are separately driven by respective video display device
drivers. Each video display device driver is for painting a
display of objects within a different graphic user interface
session. Claims 12 and 15 are the only independent claims and
are reproduced below:
12. A method in a data processing system having a
video display which includes 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 method comprising the steps of:
providing a separate video display device driver
for painting a display of objects within each graphic user
interface session;
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