公开(公告)号：EP0325885A2

公开(公告)日：1989-08-02

申请号：EP88480099.6

申请日：1988-12-20

申请人： International Business Machines Corporation

发明人： Peters, Anthony M.

IPC分类号： G06F9/44

CPC分类号： G06F9/46

摘要： A method for navigating between and within application programs resident in a computer system is disclosed. Two or more programs may be optionally linked together in an arbitrary sequence to form a chain. A user may invoke a function resident in the computer system to directly access windows in which programs in the chain are running in a sequence determined by the order in which the user opens the windows in a given session. The method for traversing between programs in the chain involves a uniform, short procedure dependent on positioning of a pointing cursor within an active window and, for example, pressing a mouse button. Further access to data within any application program is available by following a procedure which, although slightly different from that used to navigate between programs, is still uniform and short when compared with that normally used to traverse application programs.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种在驻留在计算机系统中的应用程序之间和之间进行导航的方法。 两个或更多个程序可以可选地以任意顺序链接在一起以形成链。 用户可以调用驻留在计算机系统中的功能，以按照用户在给定会话中打开窗口的顺序确定的顺序直接访问链中的程序正在运行的窗口。 在链中的程序之间遍历的方法涉及一种统一的，简单的过程，这取决于指向光标在活动窗口内的定位，并且例如按下鼠标按钮。 在任何应用程序中进一步访问数据可以通过遵循与程序之间导航所使用的程序稍微不同的程序来获得，与通常用于遍历应用程序的通常情况相比，仍然是均匀和短暂的。

公开(公告)号：EP0312480A2

公开(公告)日：1989-04-19

申请号：EP88480050.9

申请日：1988-09-27

申请人： International Business Machines Corporation

发明人： Peters, Anthony M. ,  Torres, Robert J.

IPC分类号： G09G1/00

CPC分类号： G09G5/14 ,  G06F3/0481 ,  G06F9/543 ,  G06F17/243

摘要： A method of transferring data between files within an application program or between multiple, independent, simultaneously active application programs appearing concurrently on a computer display screen is disclosed. Data to be transferred from a first location is marked on the computer display screen. Subsequent optional selection of either a Cut or Copy function causes a distinctive border to appear around the mrked data. An input device may then be used to move the bordered area to a new location on the computer display screen without alteration or movement of the originally marked data. A data transfer symbol appears within the bordered area during the data transfer operation to signify that such an operation is in progress. Further selection of a Paste function causes the marked data to be inserted at its new location and deletion from the computer display screen of the distinctive border and of the data transfer symbol. Additionally, the originally marked data is deleted from the computer screen display if the Cut function was chosen, while, if the Copy function was chosen, the originally marked data is unmarked and left unaltered at the conclusion of the data transfer operation.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种在应用程序内的文件之间或同时出现在计算机显示屏幕上的多个独立同时活动的应用程序之间传送数据的方法。 要从第一个位置传输的数据被标记在计算机显示屏幕上。 随后可选择选择剪切或复制功能会导致在mrked数据周围出现独特的边框。 然后可以使用输入设备将边界区域移动到计算机显示屏幕上的新位置，而不改变或移动原始标记的数据。 在数据传输操作期间，数据传输符号出现在边界区域内，表示这种操作正在进行。 粘贴功能的进一步选择会使标记的数据在其新位置被插入，并从显示边界和数据传输符号的计算机显示屏幕中删除。 另外，如果选择了剪切功能，则原始标记的数据将从计算机屏幕显示中删除，而如果选择了复印功能，则原始标记的数据将未标记，并在数据传输操作结束时保持不变。

公开(公告)号：EP0325885B1

公开(公告)日：1994-07-06

申请号：EP88480099.6

申请日：1988-12-20

申请人： International Business Machines Corporation

发明人： Peters, Anthony M.

IPC分类号： G06F9/44

CPC分类号： G06F9/46

公开(公告)号：EP0413074A1

公开(公告)日：1991-02-20

申请号：EP89480128.1

申请日：1989-08-16

申请人： International Business Machines Corporation

发明人： Peters, Anthony M. ,  Sehorne, Mark A.

IPC分类号： G06F15/16

CPC分类号： G06F17/30123 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04L67/06 ,  H04L69/329 ,  Y10S707/99942

摘要： A technique is described for maintaining consistent filename conventions between multiple hosts and worksta­tions by providing a table of default parameters for various hosts and workstations and the corresponding filetypes that are accessed to determine the default parameters and filetypes for a given file. A display is also provided to display the name or names of files to be transferred and their destination. The programs which produce these screens also obtain and display default information concerning the files, such as, the file names and the data structures for the files on the destination host computer or workstation. The user can either accept the default information or change it.

摘要翻译： 描述了一种技术，用于通过提供各种主机和工作站的默认参数表以及访问的相应文件类型来确定给定文件的默认参数和文件类型，来在多个主机和工作站之间维护一致的文件名约定。 还提供显示器来显示要传输的文件的名称或名称及其目的地。 产生这些屏幕的程序还可获取和显示有关文件的默认信息，例如目标主机计算机或工作站上的文件的文件名和数据结构。 用户可以接受默认信息或更改它。

公开(公告)号：EP0325885A3

公开(公告)日：1990-12-19

申请号：EP88480099.6

申请日：1988-12-20

申请人： International Business Machines Corporation

发明人： Peters, Anthony M.

IPC分类号： G06F9/44

CPC分类号： G06F9/46

摘要： A method for navigating between and within application programs resident in a computer system is disclosed. Two or more programs may be optionally linked together in an arbitrary sequence to form a chain. A user may invoke a function resident in the computer system to directly access windows in which programs in the chain are running in a sequence determined by the order in which the user opens the windows in a given session. The method for traversing between programs in the chain involves a uniform, short procedure dependent on positioning of a pointing cursor within an active window and, for example, pressing a mouse button. Further access to data within any application program is available by following a procedure which, although slightly different from that used to navigate between programs, is still uniform and short when compared with that normally used to traverse application programs.

公开(公告)号：EP0387174A2

公开(公告)日：1990-09-12

申请号：EP90480015.8

申请日：1990-02-02

申请人： International Business Machines Corporation

发明人： Franklin, Susan Margaret ,  Peters, Anthony M.

IPC分类号： G06F3/023

CPC分类号： G06F3/04817 ,  G06F9/543

摘要： A method is disclosed which permits the user of a computer system to directly manipulate iconic representations of software applications by automatically controlling the communications link between each icon and its associated source application. Upon receiving an indication that a user intends to move an icon displayed within a first client application, communications between the first client application and the icon's source application are automatically terminated. The icon is placed within a second client application and communications between the second client application and the source application are automatically initiated. In the disclosed embodiment of the present invention a conversational data structure designed to support communication between a client application and a source application is automatically created in response to an initiate communications message from a client application to a source application, after a determination has been made that the icon in question is appropriately served by the source application. Client applications containing multiple icons may be simply and easily duplicated by graphically copying each icon and automatically initiating communication between the source application and the application containing the copied icon.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种方法，其允许计算机系统的用户通过自动控制每个图标及其相关联的源应用之间的通信链接来直接操纵软件应用的图标表示。 在接收到用户意图移动显示在第一客户端应用程序中的图标的指示时，第一客户端应用程序和图标的源应用程序之间的通信将自动终止。 该图标被放置在第二客户端应用程序中，并且第二客户端应用程序和源应用程序之间的通信将自动启动。 在所公开的本发明的实施例中，在确定已经作出确定之后，响应于从客户应用程序到源应用程序的发起通信消息，自动地创建被设计为支持客户端应用程序和源应用程序之间的通信的会话数据结构 所提供的图标由源应用程序适当地提供。 包含多个图标的客户端应用程序可以通过图形化复制每个图标并自动启动源应用程序和包含复制图标的应用程序之间的通信来简单轻松地复制。

公开(公告)号：EP0322333A3

公开(公告)日：1990-08-08

申请号：EP88480087.1

申请日：1988-12-06

申请人： International Business Machines Corporation

发明人： Estes, Mark W. ,  Eisen, Ivan R. ,  Peters, Anthony M.

IPC分类号： G06F15/20 ,  G06F3/023

CPC分类号： G09B19/0053 ,  G06F9/453

摘要： A method is disclosed for providing a dynamic tutori­al display for assisting a computer operator in the utili­zation of a selected interactive software application. A tutorial processing program is provided and is resident between the operating system and a selected interactive software application, acting as a filter therebetween. A sequence of desired operator inputs, such as keystrokes or mouse movements, is recorded by the tutorial processing program along with an indication of the elapsed time between each input. In response to an operator request for assistance, the tutorial processing program couples each recorded input in a selected sequence to the interac­tive software application, in sequence in accordance with the recorded elapsed time indications. In practice, the software application will then respond in a manner identi­cal to the response generated by human inputs. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the tutori­al processing program also includes a provision for re­cording a plurality of textual or audible descriptive elements within the sequence of operator inputs.