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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 20, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
David Carroll Challener, Raleigh, NC (US);
Calvin Bruce Swart, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Stephen Earle Fischer, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
William Brian Cunningham, Bolton, GB;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
345146 ; 345184 ;
Abstract
A television style channel (program) changer switch is electrically coupled to the central processing unit of a computer system. A user defined lookup table assigns switch positions to programs available for execution in the system. Program controlled means initiates execution of each program and switches between programs in accordance with the positioning of the switch by a system user.