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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. 28, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 17, 1996
Hiroaki Nakano, San Francisco, CA (US);
Takashi Sugiyama, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Brian Bakoglu, Milpitas, CA (US);
George Cossey, San Jose, CA (US);
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Electronics Inc., Park Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a graphical user interface which displays a window on a display where the window comprises plural pages. Only one of the pages can be displayed at one time and each of the pages has at least one icon therein selectable by a user to carry out a function corresponding thereto. The graphical user interface also displays miniature windows simultaneously with the window being displayed on the display. Each of the miniature windows corresponds to each of the pages of the window and each of the miniature windows has miniature icons therein. The number of the miniature icons in each of the miniature windows is equal to the number of the icons included in a corresponding page of the window.
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