Assigning screen designation codes to images

a screen designation and image technology, applied in the field of image designation, can solve the problems of limited screen area available, related problems experienced by software users, and objects at the back of the picture being obscured

Inactive Publication Date: 2010-05-06
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[0013]According to one aspect of the present invention there is provided a method for creating a visual effect in the display of software wherein the software is for the presentation of data or images on a screen using software functions, the method characterized by the steps of: a) assigning a

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The reason for this is that there is only limited screen area available.
Often, the user is placed in the undesirable position of having to move around the tool bars and menus if possible, or alternatively move the drawing (or whatever file the user is working on) so that the user can actually see parts of the drawing formerly obscured by the menus and so forth.
There is another related problem experienced by software users, particularly in relation

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[0045]With respect to FIG. 1, there is illustrated a typical screen display found in commercial software, in this case, the commercial software is Microsoft Powerpoint™.

[0046]On this display there is an external template (1), two toolbars (2, 3), a drop down menu (4) and an image to be manipulated (5) on a palette (6).

[0047]It can be seen that the toolbars (2, 3) and drop down menu (4) obscure the image (5) and palette (6).

[0048]With the present invention, the common components of the software can be placed on the foreground screen of a multi-level screen display as illustrated in FIG. 2. It should be noted that the palette (6) and the image (5) are not displayed on the foreground screen.

[0049]Instead, the image (5) is displayed on a background screen as illustrated in FIG. 3. With the present invention there is no need to display a palette.

[0050]The separation of the image (5) from the standard software components (1, 2, 3 and 4) is achieved by the present invention assigning scree...

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A method of assigning screen designation codes to images is disclosed. The method includes accessing data operable to display a first image and a second image. A first screen designation code is assigned to the first image, wherein the first screen designation code is associated with a first display screen of a multi-component display, and wherein the first screen designation code is operable to cause a display of the first image on the first display screen of the multi-component display. A second screen designation code is assigned to the second image, wherein the second screen designation code is associated with a second display screen of the multi-component display, wherein the first display screen and the second display screen overlap, and wherein the second screen designation code is operable to cause a display of the second image on the second display screen of the multi-component display.

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RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]The present application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10 / 048,966, filed Feb. 6, 2002, naming Gabriel Engel and Pita Witehira as inventors, assigned to the assignee of the present invention, and having attorney docket number PURE-P003, which claims the benefit of International Application Number PCT / NZ00 / 00161, filed Aug. 18, 2000, which claims the benefit of New Zealand Patent Number 337334, filed Aug. 19, 1999. Each of these applications is incorporated herein by reference in their entirety and for all purposes.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]Many software programs these days display information on a screen using effective a multi-layered approach.[0003]For example, a drawing package may have a central area which the software user can draw upon.[0004]In a typical drawing package there are many drop down menus, tool bars, cursors or templates which effectively overlay the drawing on the screen. The reason for this is that there is o...

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IPC IPC(8): G06F3/14G06F9/44G06T11/60G09G3/20G09G3/36G09G5/14G09G5/397
CPCG06T11/60G06F9/451G09G2300/023G09G5/14
Inventor ENGEL, GABRIEL DAEMONWITEHIRA, PITA
Owner IGT
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