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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 12, 1999
Joseph Celi, Jr., Bocan Raton, FL (US);
Michael R. Cooper, Austin, TX (US);
Joseph Kubik, Austin, TX (US);
Jonathan Mark Wagner, Round Rock, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a system, method, and program for displaying data. A program receives first input graphics commands from a first application program to display first output on a display monitor and second input graphics commands from a second application program to display second output on the display monitor. The second output is graphically blended with an overlapping portion of the first output. Output graphics commands are generated from the first and second input graphics commands to display the graphically blended second output superimposed over an overlapping portion of the first output and the first output non-overlapping with the second output. This allows the content of the secondary output to be displayed without affecting user operations with respect to the primary application window.