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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:
May. 29, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 23, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Brian Joseph Owings, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/00 ;
Abstract
A system and method for allowing a developer to lay out a window on a display in a computer system is disclosed. The method and system include providing at least one splitter bar control for at least one splitter bar and allowing the portion of the plurality of controls to be associated with the at least one splitter bar control. The at least one splitter bar control is for controlling at least a portion of the plurality of controls placed in the window when the at least one splitter bar is moved. The at least one splitter bar control is a peer control of the at least the portion of the plurality of controls.