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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 29, 1999
Peter C. Bahrs, Austin, TX (US);
Raphael Poole Chancey, Austin, TX (US);
Barry Alan Feigenbaum, Austin, TX (US);
Manish Mahesh Modh, Round Rock, TX (US);
Sean Michael Sundberg, Cedar Park, TX (US);
John Allen Hubert Woolfrey, Mississauga, CA;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus in a data processing system for displaying a graphical user interface. A container is displayed in a graphical user interface from a set of containers, wherein a display of the container handled by a view controller from a set of view controllers. Each view controller handles the display of an associated container within the set of containers and user input for the associated container. A display of the set of containers is altered by an application mediator, wherein the set of containers are displayed in an order determined by the application mediator.