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AssigneeApple Computer, Inc.
InventorsKenny S. C. Tung, John Harvey, Yasuo Kida, Christopher S. Derossi, Keisuke Hara, Nobuhiro Miyatake
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A Text Services Manager (TSM) maintains and uses TSM documents to ensure proper communication between applications and their needed input methods. A TSM document comprises information about the input methods and text services used by a particular instance of an application. One TSM document is preferably associated with each working document represented by an application window. Through use of the TSM document, the TSM provides for multiple instances of a particular input method, and the automatic synchronization of the input method to the active window. The preferred embodiment of the present invention comprises novel methods that provide this functionality including: methods for opening or closing a TSM aware application, methods for creating and disposing of TSM documents, and methods for activating and deactivating a TSM document.
A system for managing and maintaining communication between an application and a plurality of input methods via a component manager, said system comprising:
In a system having a process manager, a plurality of input methods, and a text services manager comprising a Text Services Manager (TSM) global memory, a table of applications, a plurality of tables of TSM documents, and a plurality of TSM document records;
In a system having a process manager, a plurality of input methods, and a text services manager comprising a Text Services Manager (TSM) global memory, a table of applications, a plurality of tables of TSM documents, and a plurality of TSM document records;
In a system having a process manager, a plurality of input methods, a plurality of text services, and a text services manager comprising a Text Services Manager (TSM) global memory, a table of applications, a plurality of tables of TSM documents, and a plurality of TSM document records;
In a system having a process manager, a plurality of input methods, a plurality of text services, and a text services manager comprising a Global Text Services Manager (TSM) global memory, a table of applications, a plurality of tables of TSM documents, and a plurality of TSM document records;
In a system having a process manager, a plurality of input methods, a plurality of text services, and a text services manager comprising a Text Services Manager (TSM) global memory, a table of TSM aware applications, a plurality of tables of TSM documents, and a plurality of TSM document records;
In a system having a process manager, a plurality of input methods, a plurality of text services, and a Text Services Manager (TSM) comprising a TSM global, a table of TSM aware applications, a plurality of tables of TSM documents, and a plurality of TSM document records;
In a system having a process manager, a plurality of input methods, a plurality of text services, and a Text Services Manager (TSM) comprising a TSM Global memory, a table of applications, a plurality of tables of TSM documents, and a plurality of TSM document records;
In a system having a process manager, a plurality of input methods, a plurality of text services, and a Text Service Manager (TSM) comprising a TSM Global memory, a table of TSM aware applications, a plurality of tables of TSM documents, and a plurality of TSM document records;
In a system having a process manager, a plurality of input methods, a plurality of text services, and a Text Service Manager (TSM) comprising a TSM Global, a table of TSM aware applications, a plurality of tables of TSM documents, and a plurality of TSM document records;
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