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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 24, 1999
Hatim Yousef Amro, Austin, TX (US);
John Paul Dodson, Pflugerville, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A data processing system and method of efficiently invoking a function within a data processing system wherein the data processing system includes a processing unit, a display device that displays graphical objects in response to receipt of signals from the processing unit, and a graphical user interface (GUI) manager stored within the memory and executable by the processing unit. A graphical application is displayed within the display device. The graphical application has an associated graphical window and an associated graphical selection area. After iconizing the graphical application such that the associated graphical window and associated graphical selection area are no longer displayed, in response to a selection of the iconized graphical application, only the associated graphical selection area is opened. Thereafter, in response to a selection of a particular region among multiple regions, the function associated with the particular region is performed without displaying the associated graphical window.