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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2004
Rob Greenberg, Tomball, TX (US);
Ramez Badaoui-najjar, Spring, TX (US);
Curtis R. Jones, Cypress, TX (US);
Rob Greenberg, Tomball, TX (US);
Ramez Badaoui-Najjar, Spring, TX (US);
Curtis R. Jones, Cypress, TX (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A screen driver is included with other drivers provided by a vendor with a computer system The screen driver is picked up by the OS along with the other drivers at the beginning of the installation of the OS. The screen driver remains dormant until the first time a user logs into the computer system. At that time, the driver executes and retrieves screen data along with a program that displays the screen. The program also maintains the displayed screen on top of any other screens that might be generated subsequent to completion of the first log-in to maintain visibility to the user until the user has an opportunity to act on the display screen.