Title:
APPLICATION CLIPPING METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-USABLE MEDIUM
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2007183936
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To enhance information visibility in a multiwindow system.
A method, an apparatus and a computer-usable medium perform receiving a user input to activate a clip utility within an open application window; enabling a selection of a particular portion of the open window using a selection functionality of the clip utility, wherein the particular portion is less than a total area of the application window; and on receipt of a request to clip the selected portion while the portion is still selected, dynamically clipping the particular portion from the remainder of the application window and displaying only the clipped particular portion of the open window as separated window clip.
Inventors:
HAYNES THOMAS R
LUCINIO SANTOS-GOMEZ
KENNETH E MILLER
LUCINIO SANTOS-GOMEZ
KENNETH E MILLER
Application Number:
JP2006337635A
Publication Date:
July 19, 2007
Filing Date:
December 14, 2006
Export Citation:
Assignee:
IBM
International Classes:
G06F3/048
Domestic Patent References:
| JPH09274553A | 1997-10-21 |
Foreign References:
| WO1999017229A1 | 1999-04-08 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Takeshi Ueno
Tasaichi Tanae
Yoshihiro City
Hiroshi Sakaguchi
Tasaichi Tanae
Yoshihiro City
Hiroshi Sakaguchi