Patent ID: 8266541
Filing Date: 2012-09-11
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A message window display control apparatus, comprising: a display configured to display, in a message window, a message indicating that a corresponding process of a computer is in progress; a message counter configured to count a number of messages; a request unit configured to make a request to start or end displaying a message; a request counter configured to count a number of the requests to start displaying the messages; a display control unit configured to control the display based on the number of messages indicated by the message counter and the number of requests indicated by the request counter, wherein the display control unit automatically controls the display not to display plural message windows at a same time in response to the request unit making plural message display requests, so that only a single message window having a single message indicating that the corresponding process of the computer is in progress is displayed at a time, even when plural message display requests are made, and the display control unit controls the display not to close the message window in response to the request unit making the request to end displaying the message, when the number of messages indicated by the message counter is two or more; and a display requirement table indicating whether the message window needs to be displayed, wherein the display control unit refers to the display requirement table so that an error does not occur in response to the request unit making the request for which the message window does not need to be displayed.