Appeal No. 2000-2210 Application No. 09/002,828 views provide a graphical user interface associated with a particular application, while the overlays provide a partial screen graphical user interface cooperating with and consistent over the views. Further included are system services which provide common functionality and/or user interfaces shared by the views and overlays. Independent claim 1 is illustrative of the invention and reads as follows: 1. A computerized convergence system comprising: a hardware component providing a convergence environment; a drivers component providing low-level functionality and cooperating directly with the hardware component; a view component providing graphical user interface contexts; an overlay component providing partial screen graphical user interfaces consistent across the graphical user interface contexts provided by the view component; and, a system services component interfacing with the drivers component and providing common functionality and user interfaces shared by the view component and the overlay component. 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007