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US 2004/0167970 A1Published application
Method and system for selecting a user interface based on the interface device being used by an operator
OwnerDarren J. Cepulisinventor
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Abstract
A system and method provides the ability to receive an input signal from one of multiple interface devices and, based upon determining from which user interface device the signal was received, select one of a plurality of user interfaces.
Claims14
A method usable in a system being controllable by a text terminal and a graphics display, comprising:
- receiving an input signal from said text terminal or a keyboard associated with said graphics display;
- determining from which of said text terminal or keyboard said input signal was received;
- and
- selecting a command line interface or a graphics interface based on which of said text terminal or keyboard said signal was received.
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A computer system, comprising:
- a CPU;
- memory coupled to said CPU and containing software executed by said CPU;
- a graphics monitor and associated input device coupled to said bridge;
- and
- a receiver/transmitter coupled to said bridge and providing a communication link to a text terminal;
- wherein said CPU determines whether a user is using said input device or said text terminal to access said computer system and, among a plurality of user interfaces, invokes a user interface associated with whichever of the graphics monitor or text terminal that the CPU determines is being used by the user, a user interface associated with the graphics monitor is different from a user interface associated with the text terminal.
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A storage medium on which software is stored, said software being executable by a CPU and causing said CPU to perform a plurality of actions, comprising:
- receiving an input signal associated with a text terminal or a graphics monitor;
- determining from which of said text terminal or graphics monitor said input signal was received;
- and
- selecting a user command line interface or a graphics interface based on determining from which of the text terminal or graphics monitor said signal was received.
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An electronic system, comprising:
- a text terminal having a command line interface associated therewith;
- a graphics display having a graphics interface associated therewith;
- and
- a means for detecting which of said text terminal or graphics display a user is accessing and for causing the interface associated with the detected terminal or display to be invoked.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.