Title:
図形キー管理方法および機構
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP4205178
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
A computer has an operating system with a graphical user interface. This computer also has a key manager for graphically associating objects, such as data or application programs, with keystrokes, such as Fn-Fx key combinations, where Fn is a special shift key and Fx is a numbered function key. A key group or folder contains icons which represent objects. This key group can be built or modified by the user by copying an icon contained in another program group or folder via a drag and drop or similar operation. The key manager interrogates the operating system for the contents of the key group, and receives a key array. The key array contains objects associated with keystrokes. The key manager then monitors the operating system for any keystrokes received from the user. Upon receipt of a keystroke, the key manager determines whether the keystroke is in the key group. If so, the key manager intercepts the keystroke from the operating system, and retrieves the object associated with the keystroke from the key array. If the object is not already executing, the key manager executes the object.
Inventors:
Denise Carey York
Evan Paul Smouth
Evan Paul Smouth
Application Number:
JP6485495A
Publication Date:
January 07, 2009
Filing Date:
February 28, 1995
Export Citation:
Assignee:
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY
International Classes:
G06F3/023; H03M11/04; G06F3/048; G06F9/06
Domestic Patent References:
| JP5342211A |
Other References:
田中亘,“知りたいことがすぐわかるWindowsの常識事典”,株式会社日本実業出版社,1993年12月20日,P.371-376
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Shoichi Okuyama
Arihara Koichi
Matsushima Tetsuo
Arihara Koichi
Matsushima Tetsuo