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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 1993
Filed:
Feb. 14, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Leah J Busboom, Oronoco, MN (US);
Stephen T Eagen, Rochester, MN (US);
Harvey G Kiel, Rochester, MN (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395153 ; 395156 ;
Abstract
In a computing system including a host processor, a workstation controller, and a number of nonprogrammable workstations connected to the workstation controller, a method and apparatus to enable the workstation controller to construct and present action bars and pull-down menus for display at any designated workstation, and to process user interactions generated by keyboard signals at the workstation to control the selection and presentation of action bars and pull-down menus.