Medical information system having desktop home key feature
OwnerFarrukh Salahudin Naimi, John Thomas Anderssoninventors
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Abstract
A computer-based medical information system includes a medical database and a user terminal having a display screen. A desktop display is generated on the display screen. The desktop display includes a desktop control panel having a home key. One or more windows containing information relating to respective application programs are generated on the desktop display in response to user inputs. The desktop display is restored to a predefined state in response to user selection of the home key. The desktop display may be restored to a predefined state by maximizing the currently-active window on the display screen and hiding all windows other than the currently-active window.
Claims14
A method for controlling a computer-based medical information system including a medical database and a user terminal having a display screen, comprising the steps of:
- generating a desktop display on the display screen, said desktop display comprising a desktop control panel having a home key;
- in response to user inputs, generating on said desktop display one or more windows containing information relating to respective application programs;
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- in response to user selection of the home key, restoring the desktop display to a predefined state.
A medical information system comprising:
- a central processor, including a medical database, and at least one user terminal for entering data into said medical database, said user terminal including a display screen;
- means for generating a desktop display on the display screen, said desktop display comprising a desktop control panel having a home key;
- means responsive to user inputs for generating on said desktop display one or more windows containing information relating to respective application programs;
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- means responsive to user selection of the home key for restoring the desktop display to a predefined state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.