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US 2006/0190831 A1Published application
System and method for delaying pop-up window
OwnerScott Kelso, John Mese +3inventors
InventorsScott Kelso, John Mese, Nathan Peterson, Rod Waltermann, Arnold Weksler
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Abstract
Automatic display of a pop-up window on a computer is delayed until a time period has elapsed since the last user keyboard entry or mouse manipulation, to avoid distracting the user while the user is busy inputting data.
Claims19
A method for controlling the display of pop-up windows, comprising:
- receiving a pop-up window signal from at least one of:
- a computer operating system, and a computer application;
- before initially presenting a pop-up window associated with the pop-up window signal, determining whether at least one current usage criterion is satisfied;
- and
- if the current usage criterion is satisfied, not displaying the pop-up window, and otherwise displaying the pop-up window.
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A computer system, comprising:
- a processor executing an operating system;
- at least one application executable by the processor;
- and
- logic executable by the processor for delaying presentation of a pop-up window until user input signals have not been received by the system for a threshold period of time, after the elapse of which the pop-up window is automatically displayed.
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A computer program product, comprising:
- means for detecting a pop-up event, the pop-up event for triggering automatic display of a pop-up window on a computer;
- means for determining whether user input has occurred within a non-zero time period prior to a time related to the pop-up event;
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- means for delaying the automatic display of the pop-up window if user input has occurred within the non-zero time period.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.