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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 12, 1999
Frances C. Brown, Austin, TX (US);
Richard S. Schwerdtfeger, Round Rock, TX (US);
Lawrence Frank Weiss, Round Rock, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A data processing system and method providing for the sharing of inputs and outputs between a first assistive technology application and a second assistive technology application. An input/output manager in the first application is used to manage inputs to and outputs from the second application. An input method in the first application sends input to the second application. An output method in the first application receives output from the second application. A channel is formed between the input/output manager and the input and output methods to pass input and output that allows assistive technology applications to share user interface devices.