Title:
【発明の名称】直接操作のための補助装置及び方法
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3014286
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
To improve user interfaces by eliminating the complicacy associated with direct manipulations in operating systems supporting a multiwindow environment. The following two means are added to the ordinary drag-and-drop or direct manipulation mechanism to implement the present invention: a first means (step) used when the system senses the start of dragging, for requesting attribute information on the type of the dragged icon from the window on which that operation has been initiated, and transferring the attribute information and the start of dragging to other windows, and a second means (step) for allowing each window to determine based on the transferred attribute information whether or not it can respond to the dragging operation and if so, to display itself.
Inventors:
Shinichi Hirose
Application Number:
JP31305894A
Publication Date:
February 28, 2000
Filing Date:
December 16, 1994
Export Citation:
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation
International Classes:
G06F3/048; G06F3/033; G06F3/0481; G06F3/0486; G06F3/14; G06F9/44; (IPC1-7): G06F3/14; G06F3/14
Domestic Patent References:
| JPH05257635A | ||||
| JPH01282653A |
Other References:
【文献】国際公開92/17835(WO,A1)
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Hiroshi Sakaguchi (1 person outside)