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Cursor controlled user interface system

CA 1291272 C · Owner: Amiga Development Llc · Inventors: Mical, Robert J.

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Menu item selection is performed in a personal computer system through the use of a mouse device which has means to allow the user to call up onto the display a header block which performs the function of the menu bar and to erase the header block from the screen when menu operations are not required. Multiple menu items can be selected during the same menu session by using a pair of mouse buttons to generate a sequence of selection commands which are utilized by unique system software to accumulate plural item selections without terminating the menu operation.

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  • Granted October 22, 1991. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended October 22, 2008.
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FiledJuly 17, 1987
GrantedOctober 22, 1991
Term endedOctober 22, 2008
Patent numberCA 1291272 C
Classification (IPC)G09G1/00 +2 more

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1988199119941997200020032006Application filedJuly 17, 1987Patent grantedOct 22, 1991Term endedOct 22, 2008

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