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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:
Jun. 27, 1995
Filed:
Aug. 30, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard D Webb, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Arthur W Cabral, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Taligent, Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395164 ; 395127 ; 395133 ; 395160 ;
Abstract
A method and system for processing graphic objects on a computer with a memory and an attached display and performing binary constructive area geometry (CAG) operations on area-defining geometries such as rectangle, ellipses, and polygons in an object oriented operating system. The operations include the construction of an area and the display of area geometries on an external device. The system allows application programmers to efficiently develop and share software for displaying a plurality of complex views including overlapping views and translucent views.