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  • Method and system for selective display of overlapping graphic objects in a data processing system
    Patent number: 5377314
    Abstract: A method and system are provided for permitting a user of a data processing system to display particular ones of multiple overlapping graphic objects. A subregion within a display is specified by the user. A set of overlapping graphic objects which are at least partially displayed within the subregion is then determined. The specified display order of only these graphic objects which are at least partially displayed with the specified subregion is temporarily altered, in response to a user input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1994
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Cary L. Bates, Jeffrey M. Ryan, Byron T. Watts