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AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsStephen T. Eagen, Harvey G. Kiel, Nelson A. Martel, Jr., William C. Rapp, Schuman M. Shao
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A method and apparatus for distributing the processing of cursor-independent scrolling functions, between a host processor and a workstation via a workstation control interface, the workstation control interface being connected to a plurality of workstations, wherein the host processor formulates a data stream incorporating scrollable panel data, definitions of cursor-independent scrolling keys, definitions of scrolling increments, and definitions of scroll indicators; the data stream is transmitted to the workstation control interface, which may be embodied in a workstation controller (or PWS), and the workstation controller (or PWS) formulates a display screen image for transmission to a workstation to which it is connected. A cursor-independent scrolling request received from a workstation is received by the workstation controller (or PWS) and processed for scrolling without further communication with the host processor.
In a computer system having a host processor with means for executing applications programs, and a plurality of workstations connected to said host processor through a workstation control interface, each of said workstations having means for activating cursor-independent scrolling, the improvement in distributive processing of cursor-independent scrolling comprising:
A method of distributing the processing of cursor-independent scrolling functions between a host processor and a workstation controller, wherein said workstation controller is connected to said host processor and to a plurality of workstations, each of said workstations having means for requesting cursor-independent scrolling of display panel data at said workstation, said method comprising the steps of:
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