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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:
Feb. 27, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 20, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
John Carl Beer, Austin, TX (US);
Mark Tweed Bowman, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Georgia Ann Gibson, Georgetown, TX (US);
Julieta Kaoru Yamakawa, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/300 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for displaying to a user attributes of a computer workstation includes a processor, user controls for controlling a pointer, a display device, and a database. The processor first displays a template area on the display device and then retrieves the attributes of the computer workstation from the database. After retrieving the attributes, the processor displays icons representing the attributes in the template area displayed on the display device.