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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 02, 1998
Heng-Chun Ho, Taipei, TW;
Primax Electronics Ltd., Taipei Hsien, TW;
Abstract
The present invention provides a display control system having a window interface for organizing program and directory icons. The display control system comprises (1) a computer; (2) a displaying device for displaying a rectangular window interface; (3) a plurality of application programs stored in a memory of the computer; (4) a plurality of directories stored in the memory, each directory comprising a plurality of program entries, each program entry comprising an address and a program icon of one application program; (5) a platform file stored in the memory for storing a plurality of directory entries, each directory entry comprising an address and a directory icon of one directory; (6) a control program stored in the memory for displaying a directory frame and a plurality of icon frames in a non-overlapping manner within the rectangular boundary of the window interface, displaying the directory icons contained in the platform file in the directory frame, displaying the program icons of one directory in one icon frame and moving the directory displayed in one of the icon frames as a unit to another icon frame; and (7) a pointing device connected to the computer for controlling movements of a cursor displayed by the control program on the displaying device, and pointing and dragging one of the directory icons or program icons displayed in the window interface by using the cursor.