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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 04, 1996
Claudia Carpenter, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
George A Hansen, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Beatrice M Lam, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Lawrence Lozares, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Krisztina Mako, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Paul A Mernyk, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Robert Chris Robnett, San Jose, CA (US);
Starfish Software, Inc., Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Abstract
A user interface has a main module and a plurality of panel modules. The main module presents the user interface on the display screen to a user. The plurality of panel modules are in communication with the main module. Each panel module presents a panel interface on the display screen to the user. Each panel module is individually configurable and each panel is configurable as part of the user interface presented by the main module.