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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:
Jul. 08, 1997
Filed:
Nov. 14, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Chunghen Chow, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
345145 ; 395339 ;
Abstract
A system and method whereby the cursor displayed by a data processing system on a monitor is automatically moved to a preselected location on the desktop, called the parking area, whenever it has been inactive for a predetermined amount of time. If the window focus is dependent on the location of the cursor, the parking area can be located within a specified window.