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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:
Oct. 13, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 18, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lovie A Melkus, Southlake, TX (US);
David J Schell, Trophy Club, TX (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
345337 ;
Abstract
Individual messages that are displayed on a screen are modified to allow a user to select options relating to the future display of the message and, if the message is to be displayed, then the procedure for removing the message from the screen. As a message is displayed, it is provided with an options pushbutton. Selection of the pushbutton provides the display of the options for displaying and removing the message.