Patent ID: 6462755
Filing Date: 2002-10-08
Classification: G06F,G09G,H04L

Abstract:
A computer program product for use in a data processing system, said data processing system including a display terminal, a local processor connected to said display terminal and connected to a local processor memory, a remote processor enabled to execute a plurality of application programs and connected to both said local processor and a remote processor memory, said program product comprising a computer usable medium having:computer readable program coded embodied in said medium for enabling said remote processor to send window display data generated by said application programs to said local processor; computer readable program coded embodied in said medium for enabling receipt of said window display data and drawing respective application windows, each of said application windows containing at least one subarea window within its perimeter; computer readable program coded embodied in said medium for enabling said application programs to designate at least one of said subarea windows as an action field through which a user may access a respective application program; computer readable program code embodied in said medium for enabling storing said respective application program window display data common to both one of said application windows and said corresponding action field in said local processor memory; and computer readable program code embodied in said medium for enabling storing window display data defining a remaining portion of said one of said application windows outside said subarea designating said action field, in said remote processor memory.