Patents Represented by Attorney Jeffrey S. Jenkens & Gilchrist LaBaw

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  • Automatic parking of cursor in a graphical environment
    Patent number: 5646647
    Abstract: A system and method whereby the cursor displayed by a data processing system on a monitor is automatically moved to a preselected location on the desktop, called the parking area, whenever it has been inactive for a predetermined amount of time. If the window focus is dependent on the location of the cursor, the parking area can be located within a specified window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 8, 1997
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Chunghen Chow
  • Exposing and hiding a title bar behind its window using a visual cue
    Patent number: 5473745
    Abstract: A technique for the display and manipulation of windows resembling real-world objects in an object-oriented graphical user interface displays windows without visible borders, title bars, scroll bars and various graphical symbols that surround the information in conventional windows. Window components are provided to support window manipulation functions such as MOVE, SIZE and CLOSE. A slide-up title bar area with a close-box is generally kept hidden behind the window until dragged-up by the user when desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 5, 1995
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Richard E. Berry, Jon H. Werner