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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:
Dec. 06, 1994
Filed:
Sep. 22, 1992
Richard R Hargrove, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method and system for specifying the arrangement of windows on a display device [is provided]. [In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a] A selection grid is displayed on the display device. The selection grid has a bounding rectangle which represents the bounds of the display device and has a plurality of lines extending vertically and horizontally across the bounding rectangle. A user selects which line segments should be removed from the selection grid. A line segment is defined by the intersection points of the vertical and horizontal lines. As the user selects a line segment, the line segment is removed from the selection grid. The line segments that are not selected define the arrangement for the windows. The computer system then arranges the windows on the display in accordance with the specified window arrangement.
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