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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:
Apr. 15, 1997
Filed:
Jan. 24, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
John D Elliott, Aloha, OR (US);
Rune A Skarbo, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Kevin A Watts, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395342 ;
Abstract
A computer-implemented method and video processing system for positioning windows displayed on a screen of the video processing system. According to a preferred embodiment, the size of the screen is determined, and the position and size of a first window displayable on the screen is determined. The size of a new window to be displayed on the screen is also determined. It is then determined whether there is room to display the new window plus a gutter space outside the first window and within the screen, and the position of the new window is set in accordance with this determination.