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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2002
William F. Mcwalter, Stirling, GB;
Lisa M. Kelly, Cupertino, CA (US);
Dianna L. Decristo, Venice, CA (US);
Behfar Razavi, San Jose, CA (US);
William F. McWalter, Stirling, GB;
Lisa M. Kelly, Cupertino, CA (US);
Dianna L. Decristo, Venice, CA (US);
Behfar Razavi, San Jose, CA (US);
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An invention is provided for abstracting a user interface. A request is received from an application program to present data to a user. A determination is made as to which user interface devices are currently available, and a particular user interface device is selected to present the data. Abstract controls for the selected user interface device are provided to the application program, which are then used to present the data to the user using the selected user interface device.