TW531707B - Method and system for displaying window sub-components from different windowing environments as a single window grouping - Google Patents

Abstract

There is need in the industry to utilize more than one windowing environment on a single computer system. The need stems from the differing strengths of the different windowing environments and from the economics of function reuse. The problems with prior art multiple windowing environment solutions is that they are clumsy, inefficient, and obvious to the user. Disclosed herein is an efficient multiple windowing environment mechanism that is transparent to the user.

Description

531707 V. Description of the invention (1) x Field of the invention The present invention relates to a data processing system. More specifically, the present invention relates to the interface between the two. ^ Background of the invention The use and popularity of computer systems has increased since about the middle of the twentieth century. Although this trend is motivated by many of the computer system technologies, some fundamental aspects of the overall value of computer systems continue to evolve. Of course, the most basic standard for the value of computer systems is straightforward, and it is not easy to use computer systems. Easy-to-produce gold using a device = persistence tends to mean-commercial success. As a result, the computer department is "made-to-order:" Electronic system providers are constantly testing to make their computer systems easier to use. P Early computer systems were difficult to use, and they were valuable because they were mainly workers. We only deal with a very small number of personal computers, and what we now call graphics: 〃. In 1974, 〃 was replaced by the GUI), and subsequent developments have greatly improved the user interface (or abbreviation, use. GUI). It is a computer system that displays the popularity, overall popularity, and overall use of the computer system—the computer system uses the user by pointing to the program, and the display format of each item in this display format (called a menu), and other ^ ^ Image representation (referred to as a window)-, instructions, individual representations to interact with a computer system item, such as files and types of graphical user interface provided by the system. Although different types, each GU I can provide the benefits and advantages of beading, no matter what the environment is equal to a standard way, in which the window, what we call the window environment. A window is processed and displayed 'menu and other computer system items in addition to graphics User Interface Provides 仏, P ,,,, σ | Cong Xi &

531707 V. In addition to the description of invention (2), GUI also provides benefits to computer system developers, because developers can focus on their computer programs instead of displaying their programs to users. This benefit is provided through a group of agencies or services (sometimes called interfaces) and the developer uses those agencies or services to allow his or her program to interact with the user. Moreover, because each developer has the same interface, all programs written using the same window environment tend to interact with users in a similar manner. However, one of the recent trends in the computer systems industry is the use of multiple windows environments in a single computer system. The motivation for this trend is to provide users with the benefits and advantages of more than one window environment. Although this method is good for users, it will cause problems for developers. We said earlier that one of the benefits of a vision is that they can show the standard of computer system resources to the user. They can understand the so-called "standard". We mean that all programs developed using the same vision are standard. . The window environment provides the same interface to show J, Tong and Tong. This means that for a fine product, Qiqi Hetian, the fine pen, and filling source, and the boundary provided by the environment: The author interface is not applicable to-different views (the core increase of the situation)-in the second !: phase valley greatly reduces the multi-window environment-trend menus, disks; it does not sacrifice a standard way to display and process video , I and other computer system projects are so rude and insane—the γ method is easy to develop and can be good at many applications :: Under the hood, developers have no bite y y see _% environment. The invention θ δ-Summary of the invention Single-window group 2: Since: = since the window accessory component of the same window environment becomes the second or more of the window environment;. ° * the invention is best realized as a child window from different views, where these different Windows environment is to sentence

Page 6 531707 V. Description of the invention (3) Evenly displayed as a single pair of child windows of the present invention = block (ie mother window). Explained in more detail. Figure 8 is a simple illustration for constructing this Λ diagram in the text related to the following figures. Figure 2 is a block diagram of a computer system that is a better example of the month. Figure 3 疋 of some facilities provided by the window environment of soil κ 'is used to explain the mechanical relationship between the end of the window of the Weiwei y τ window = the mother window, side ^ Figure 4 is a display for comparison. The steps to implement the supplement of the better example-the flow chart of the steps only, in which these Figures 5A and 5B are shown for two: initiation. Yak Sudden Du—a flowchart of the steps used in the preferred example, where the specific steps perform the preferred example

Figures 6A and 6B are a pair of Shi Rengu said-T, and 7B is a flow chart showing the C "Glorious Screen Photography.-Yak Sudden Uranium; re" is the flowchart of the steps used by the driver ’s routine, including the special step & Close the window of the best example. Detailed description Now please refer to the drawings, R 9 and drawings. Computer system, system 100 * —5 = car parent = computer case of the reward system should be able to understand the present invention-Λ personal computer 300PL; but ,,, is limited to any kind of brand or type of Thundership糸 Γ ΐ;; ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ pieces' or have these components 牯 / < all groups can be realized; ^ a f,-computer system. For example, this

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Or the environment of a handheld device. Therefore, the term system, as used herein, generically means that there are devices sufficient to implement the attributes of the present invention. As shown in Θ, the electric monthly bag system 100 includes the main or central place ^, and the coffee is connected to the network adapter⑴; "^ :: storage adapter 125, and the main memory 135m system components are used by The system buses are interconnected.

Pen t i um processing brand processors, such as accelerated processors

The CPU 105 is a 55 MHz device manufactured by Intel Corporation. However, it should be understood that the present invention is not limited to any one and the present invention may be implemented using some other kind of processor, or an auxiliary processor. Auxiliary storage adapter 125 is used to connect a large number of storage devices (such as hard disks) to the computer system 1000. The display adapter 丨 20 is used to directly connect a display device to the computer system 100. Network adapter 丨 丨 〇 is used to "system 100" to other computer systems. Reverse the electricity month "as shown in the figure, 'the main memory 135 contains the operating system 14o, Windows environment production' window environment 160, and Windows Environment 170. Applications 155 and ^^ Formulas 157, 165, and -175 were also shown. A user of the computer system 100 interacts with such processes by using a keyboard and / or pointing device (not shown). The application type 155 and application function 57 are related to the window environment 15, and the function functions 1 65 and 1 75 should be considered to be related to the window environment 丨 60 丨 as the background of the patent application As mentioned in the paragraph, the window circle of the preferred example is °° to display and process the window in a uniform manner, menus, and others. You should understand that the unique environment has advantages and disadvantages.

Page 8 531707 V. Description of the Invention (5) This is the reason why multiple windows are used in a single computer system. The preferred conventional moxibustion operating system 1 40 is an operating system known in the industry as Windows 95 (R), and Windows 95 (R) is sold and licensed by Microsoft Corporation. Widows 95 includes its own window environment, which is why the window environment 150 is part of the operating system 14 display. Because the window environment 150 is related to the operating system of a better example, the window environment is called a native window environment. In a preferred example, the Windows environment 16 is provided by a runtime environment called java Runtime ΕηνίΓ〇ηπΐ6ηΐ (^, and Java Runt ime Environment⑧ is sold and licensed by Sunsun Corporation. — : Computer system 100 uses a well-known virtual addressing mechanism to allow its processes to behave as if they can access a single, large storage entity (also without accessing the smaller storage entities, For example, the main memory is 135 (1 hard disk drive, HDD). Therefore, although some mechanisms and structures are located in the main memory, as shown in the figure, those familiar with the technology and domain should be able to recognize the benefits of such programs. At the same time, all of them are completely contained in the main memory. 35. For example, when the execution of the dragon; C, PU 105, the part of the operating system 14 will be located in the main memory 1 35, but at other times Located in an attached hdd. (In this article, the term memory is used to generically refer to the entire virtual address that encompasses a computer system: a storage device, regardless of the specific physical device that constitutes the storage device. As the last one of the continuation It is worth noting that although the present invention has been described (and will continue) by a fully functional computer system, those skilled in the art should understand that the mechanism of the present invention can be implemented as a program product in a variety of capabilities. Dispersion. Regardless of the actual signal bearing used to perform the dispersion

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What is the type of t: 疋, the present invention is also applicable. Signal-bearing media • Recordable media, such as floppy disks, hard drives H s = and transmission media, such as digital and analog communication links. Figure 2 shows a diagram of some facilities provided by the window environment of the car example. Although the features such as 5H are related to the window environment 150 as shown in the figure, it should be possible to understand these same common features. It should also be understood that other windows appearing in the better example, the facilities shown in the figure only represent a short list of these facilities provided by the better window and / or general window environment.

= And other facilities are equivalent to a standard interface to allow developers to make their programs now look like other programs written using the same interface. For example, ^ A sender A can use the standard interface provided by a given window environment to generate an = check f block. After some time, Developer B can use the same interface to generate different check boxes, and the two check boxes will generally share the same appearance and behavior.

& Fig. 31. A & is a block diagram explaining the relationship between the window environment, the mother window, the child view t 'and the child window's bottom section in a better example. To achieve the purpose of the announcement, the parent f ® and ~ child windows should be treated as if the users seem to be related to each other. In the preferred example, each parent window typically provides all of its functions that are common to the window. For example, the mother window usually provides a basic window ’, where the basic window has a title bar and one or more buttons (such as

Windows 95 operating system (OK, CANCEL, and APPLY buttons). Each of the parent windows in Figure 3 is generated by using a different window environment. In the preferred embodiment, the mother windows 1 5 2, 1 6 2 and 1 7 2 are one

Page 10 531707 V. Description of the invention (7) Generated in parallel with each other, so that they can collapse the user by displaying a mother window each time by overlapping. In other words, even though the mother windows are generated by using interfaces of different window environments, they are all designed to resemble each other (ie title bar, borders and buttons) so that they can be displayed on top of each other 'to give Users actually only have the impression that a mother window is operating. Although it should be understood that neither the preferred embodiment nor the present invention is limited to a single child window and mother, that is, a child window is associated with each mother window. Multiple subwindows can be created using the same window frame. Child window 154 is related to mother window 152, child window 164 is related to mother window 162, and child window 174 is related to window 172. -: The last section of the child window is a device that provides access to functions related to other parent windows. For example, if we assume that a developer writes a program (that is, an application, ⑸ 丄 'er & uses a * window environment 150 to write a sub-function (I shows as a sub-function 157), and uses the window environment 16 to Write a sub function 165), then the developer can use the name and title of the developer to become the parent window 162 and its children: window = ^: view: end & 156 to provide targeting "The last paragraph 1 6 4 is also subject to佴 佴, and Zi Yun * See solid 1 6 6) access. Child%: window The parent window 162: and the next paragraph 164 are used to facilitate the use of the user, $ A, and return to the parent window 152. In the preferred example, the operation mode is explained in detail in relation to Figure 5A and 5B. Wen Zai φ Jiang Tong is explained in detail; but it can be said that the user 5 saves the text: the second window (and its related child functions) is borrowed from 2 mothers. Access to the desired process from the appropriate child window: OR; officials = can then use Figure 4 to show a flowchart of steps that are not used for a better example, where the matter-5317〇7 i 、 发 县 m⑻ '^ The steps perform the initialization of the child window of the preferred example. Figure 4 has been depicted to facilitate the initiation of the window of Figure 3. Therefore, when referring to Figures 3 and 4, the reader should read the description that follows. When a user requests the execution of a program in which the program has one or more other sub-windows associated with it, the initiation process begins in block 4 0 of FIG. 4. A user request usually occurs when a user starts a program or function, usually by explicitly selecting and starting a program or program sub-function. For the sake of ease of explanation, the reader should assume that the user has requested the program related to the mother window 1 52 here, that is, the application of 1 5 5 is executed. In block 405, the mother window 152 is initialized as specified by its window environment (i.e., the window environment 15). However, it is worth noting here that the initiation is divided into 1 parts, which are referred to as "generation" and "activation" in this article, respectively. Generally speaking, = the production phase is described with reference to FIG. 4, and the actuation phase is shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 and described in related text. The generation step includes deciding whether any child windows are registered in the parent window, so that they also need to be initialized. * As shown in FIG. 3, child windows 154 '156 and 158 are related to (ie, registered in)-mother window 1 52, and this means that they also need to be initialized. Sub-windows 丨 54 of-the generation is to deal with {block 152} in the manner prescribed for the window environment 丨 50 of the sub-windows. However, the last sub-windows 156 and 158 It is related to other window environments, and therefore requires special treatment. When the mother window 52 detects its login, the mother window 152 causes the last section 156 of the child window to be executed {block 415 丨. Those skilled in the art will understand The exact way that the sub-window segment 156 is executed is depending on the environment of the discussion. For example, the sub-window segment ⑽ can be directly started by the parent window 152, or the sub-window segment 156 can be borrowed 531707. 5. Description of the invention ( 9) Some other device receives the call indirectly. The last sub-window 1 5 6 that can access the necessary storage information about the parent window 1 6 2 and its child windows S continues to generate the child window 1 66 {block 42 0}. Windows 1 66 is It is related to the master and child functions of the mother window 162, and therefore it is generated in a way that allows, when appropriate, it is related to the mother window 162.

The last sub-window 1 5 6 then captures the necessary generated information about the sub-window 16 6 {block 4 3 0}. The generated information contains subwindow definitions (ie label title, size), and submit and cancel handlers. The label title is a special label used to identify each child window of a mother window (see, for example, the labels 6 0 5 and 6 1 0 in FIG. 6A). _Because the mother windows must be (丨) all of the same size and (2) large enough to accommodate the largest child window, the size is important. The submission and cancellation procedures are shown in Figure 7 and explained in the relevant text.

The processing block 440 is used for display, and the processing of block 41 5_43〇 must be repeated to generate a structure related to the last section of the sub-window. It should also be noted that, for each window environment c outside of the rhyme (that is, for each parent window), the processing of block 4 1 5-43 0 only needs to occur once. Therefore, in the event that the mother window 162 is constructed as its own child function instead of a child function, the mother window 1g will have a child window last section to provide the necessary access, but for the production environment 160 The processing of blocks 41 5-4 3 0 need not be repeated. Once all windows have been initialized, the mother window 52 and the child video 154 are activated and displayed to the user {processing block 45〇 丨. The user_ can select and execute the sub-function related to the sub-window 丨 54 (that is, the sub-function). Figures 5A and 5B are flowcharts showing the steps that are not used in a better example.

Page 13 531707 V. Description of the Invention (ίο) and other steps to perform the operation of the child window of the preferred example. As in FIG. 4, FIG. 5A and FIG. 5B have taken FIG. 3 into consideration. Therefore, when referring to Figures 3, .5a and 5B, the reader should read the description that follows. It is assumed here that the user wants to actuate the subfunction 1 6 5. To do this, the user selects the bottom section 156 of the child window {block 500 in FIG. 5}. The last child window 156 responds by deciding whether the parent window 16 2 has been generated (block 5 0 2). If the answer is negative ', then the last child window 156 generates the parent window 162 in processing block 504 and transmits Information about its descendants (that is, child windows 154 and 158) and its own information 'so that the mother window 162 generates the child window end sections 164 and 168. Regardless of that way, the child window end section 1 5 6 then decides whether or not Related ^ v _ The child window of the selected child function has been previously actuated {Processing block 506}. If actuation is necessary 'before instructing the parent window 1 6 2 to display itself with the child window 1 6 6 {block 5 0 8}, the last sub-window 1 5 6 continues to activate the sub-window {block 512}. The last sub-window 156 then instructs the parent window 152 to hide itself. (Note here 'Before instructing the previous parent window to hide itself , Can display the design choice of the next mother window). I have found that this technology can reduce the glare of the glory / flash j: music, and in some cases this can be perceived by the user ^. Please also pay attention to Instructs the window to show and hide its interface Window environment. These facilities are well known to those skilled in the art, and therefore are not described in more detail in this article.) The mother window 1 2 6 and the child window 1 6 6 are then displayed to the user {block 5 1 4 }. The user is then able to execute the sub-functions 1 6 5. It should be understood that the fe position of the mother window 1 5 2 and the presentation of the mother window 1 62 are very fast events, so that the user does not notice that two different mother windows are being used, or the two mother windows are ||-

Page 14 531707 V. Description of the invention (11) Produced and manufactured by using different window environments. When the user has completed the interaction with the sub-function 165, in the sub-window 166, the user can decide to execute the sub-function 157 or the sub-function 175. Assuming that the sub-function 157 is selected, the user will select the bottom section of the window, 64, and the bottom section of the window, as described above, through its access to the sub-function 1 5 7 (ie, via the sub-window 154) To provide access to the parent window 52. The mother window 162 detects the selection of the child window's bottom section 1 64, and notifies the child window's bottom section 5 6 about the user's actions 5 1 9. The bottom section of the child window 1 5 6 then instructs the parent window 1 5 2 to display itself and the child window 154 {block 52 0}, and instructs the parent window 62 to hide itself {block 5 24}. The parent-window 1 5 2 and the child window 1 5 4 are then displayed to the user {block one: 5 2 6} 〇 Now move to FIG. 5B, if the user wants to access the child function 丨 7 5 instead of Choosing a sub-function 1 6 5 then the user will select the bottom window 1 6 8 and the bottom window 168 provides access to the parent through its access to the sub-function 175 (ie via sub-window 1 78) Access path of window 72 (via sub-window end sections 1 56 and 1 58). The parent window 1 62 detects that the last child window 68 has been selected, and informs the child window-end section 156 that it should cause the parent window 152 to display the child window end 158. — Once the fork reaches the end of the actuation ’child window 丨 5 8 decides whether the parent window 丨 7 2 is generated by b {, block 5 2 8}. If the answer is no, then the last child window segment 158 produces a mother window 172 {block 5 3 0}, and the last child window segments 174 and 176 are generated. Sub-window segment 158 then decides whether sub-window 178 is active {block 5 3 2}, and if the answer is negative, sub-window 178 丨 block 544} is activated. The bottom child window 158 then instructs the mother window 172 to display itself and noon.

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Windows 178 {Block 540}. Zi Manzhang ancient hides himself. The mother window 172 and the child Vtti are connected to each other and point to Λ window 162. The user receiver is shown to the user (the block diagrams 6A and 6B are a dialog box <# & is the current curtain photography, Zhongzhong This dialog box is constructed using a mechanism with better examples. 茸 ^ I, tt:!, 'And the end of the window can be shown to use #. The reader should write in the context of the window. ㈣Α; ΠΠ: The sub-function is The use of different b Α is not, this example is about a name is

〇 = Xi 〇〇 the information of the virtual baseball player. As mentioned earlier, the mother window provides: Xizhan-the basic component now available to users.纟 Here, the mother window 600 is provided for two windows, one window border,-title bar,-watch button, and-take 4 ^ New Zealand. Subwindow 605 is active to show the autobiographical subfunction. Statistically, the sub-window 610 is activated by the solution, and therefore is the last sub-window of the sub-window represented by only one option. When the user selects the item 61, the mother view® 600 is automatically hidden 'and the mother window 650, together with the child window "6 5 5 / its position is displayed. Once again, please note that the dream of this switch is not fast. One means that the user is not aware that the two different mother windows are being affected.

Or, and different windows and child functions are generated using different window environments. = 7A and 7B Margins are not used in the flowchart of the steps of the better example, where 1 = step = the closing process of the window of the better example. When the user chooses 2 events, a shutdown occurs. When the user selects a dialogue = cross button (such as shown in Figures 6A and 6B, 0K, or "View"), or a fetch / button (see, for example, Figures 6A and 6B) Button): Come

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Page 17 531707 V. Description of the invention (14) More inspection at the end of the sub-window. If the parent window exists, the end of the child window notifies the parent window of the occurrence of the event {block 7 4 5}. Control then returns to the parent window, and the parent window checks to see if there are more child window segments {block 7 2 5}. Once the parent window has cycled through the end of all its child windows, it will remove itself and all its child windows from the display screen {block 7 27 丨, and terminate execution of {block 7 3 0}. This sub-window removal step may vary depending on the content and characteristics of the window environment in question. In the Microsoft Windows® environment, for example, each child window is notified / instructed to close, which gives the child window the opportunity to store data and display memory and other resources. On the other hand, in the Java® environment, data can also be stored, but the & reference to the child window is destroyed in order to preserve the de-allocation to a future pole loop for processing. & ^ $ Figure 7B shows the steps used to execute the closing processing of the parent window and the child window / last paragraph when a non-primitive window environment receives an end event. Another a, as mentioned before, the end event can be directly received by the window environment in question a and indirectly by another window environment. The parent window (in the more popular ‘private window 162 or parent window 172) detects the end ^ event at block 725. ‘Ye: ie * First decide whether the closing flag has been set

The case is affirmative, and the processing terminates at block 7 7 0, because 1 is not necessary if Gu Yan closes the processing. If the answer is no, & mother window and block 77 5 is set. Processing then follows the green flag in block 777 to determine whether the closing event is from the last segment of the original window (in the parent window, ie, the last segment of the window 156). If the notification does come and go, it will notify the closing event to the original window environment ’, the beginning and end of the window I is not necessary, so the mother

531707 " ^ — V. Invention description (〗 5) " '---- window Ji Ji to close it "Rong" + full and {block 767 bu if Tongzi: see: / self-display screen shift Except for the self-loving (etc.) Ziyan and Bingbuqi from the end of the original window, before closing 7g \ Fujimi You and the self-display screen to remove yourself {Block 78〇}. Notice 疋Provided by the original child window's last paragraph {area once the mother window has cycled through all of its child window sections, and now, I close the A display screen to remove my own disk, and I ’ll look at it as soon as possible & Block 770 will be executed automatically. All sub-windows of block 丨 block 7671 will be terminated. The examples and examples described in Section 2f will be put to practical use by the exhibitors. Moreover, 祜 π% i will not be able to take any action.兴 _ Use the present invention. However, $ = pays those who are familiar with the technical field can make destruction and examples are shown only: Α Π ί should be aware of the previous description that Han Yun speaks ancient bites At, and the text is less obvious than examples. Statement The description is not intended to be divorced; 冽 Φ 二 ΐ Limits the exact form of the invention disclosed. Under the spirit of: According to the foregoing, it should be possible to make many modifications and changes to the present invention.

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mrm% ς ^ YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY; the standard of patent application scope 90109433 this / year " month said amendment 1. A method of showing the brain structure, please the second. The mother and the second view of the window 3. Go to the window 4. Go to the window 5. The brain building displays a request, once it receives the second child, it looks like the application steps, including the window and window environment, such as the application user, and the application user is displayed by the first display party. In the first view, the second view is not accepted by the second view, and the second view is not included in the parent view. The window is a patent. The second patent is produced, and the third patent is requested. In the mother view, the window to the display window is a computer-built method for displaying the window ring on a display device. The electricity includes the following steps: The window and the first child user are generated from the mother window of the second range and the first step. If the range is requested, then the window loop. If the range is requested, a sub-window is generated in response to the window from a user being generated by the first window environment; and a second sub-window is displayed in which the window environment is generated. The method of item 1, wherein the displaying of the second child view: overlapping before displaying the second child window, wherein the second mother window is the method of item 1, further including the step of displaying the third child window Environment. The method of item 1 further includes: • Collecting the third child, displaying the third child window, and generating the third child window environment. A method for constructing a window on a display device by a computer, which includes the following steps: a window and a first sub-window in response to a first sub-window from a user being generated by a first window environment; and a request from a user, A second sub-window is displayed, where the second sub-window is generated, and the second sub-window is displayed, so as to avoid prompting the user that the second sub-window is generated from the environment. O: \ 67 \ 67894-911114.ptc Page 22 90109433 said Amendment 6. If the steps in the scope of patent application include the following steps, the mother window and the second mother window are created by the window environment. 7. If the request of the user of the patent scope is requested by the user, a window of the patent application is requested, and the three-window ring-type product is loaded with the media; In the signal, the following steps are displayed: A mother window request is displayed, where the The method of item 5, wherein the second child window is displayed: before the second child window is displayed, the overlap is made, wherein the second mother window is from the second to the window 8. To the window is from the first 9. A method that once received the third sub-signal to perform one of the storage execution and the 10-sub-view makes the method of the 11th and 6th items further includes a step environment for displaying a third sub-window to generate. The method of item 5 further includes the step of displaying a third sub-window to generate it. The program product includes: and a program that carries a medium, the program is constructed to interact with the first sub-window, in response to a sub-window from a user being generated by the first window environment; When the user requests, the second sub-window is displayed, and the second sub-window is generated by the second window environment. For example, the program product of item 9 of the patent application, wherein the step of displaying the second window includes the following steps: before displaying the second child window, the mother window overlaps with the second mother window, wherein the second mother window is Produced by a two-window environment. . If the program product under item 9 of the patent application scope further includes: O: \ 67 \ 67894-911114.ptc page 23 531707, year 9½ i! Ϊ́ 屡 I case number 90109433 " month day_correction VI. Applying for a nose range Once the user's request is received, it will display The step of the third sub-window, the third sub-window is generated by the second window environment. 1 2. If the program product of item 9 of the patent application scope further includes the step of displaying a third sub-window upon receiving the user's request, the third sub-window is generated by the third window environment. 1 3. A program product, the program product includes: a signal bearing medium; and a program stored in the signal bearing medium, the program is constructed to perform the following steps, displaying a mother window and a first child window in response to A request from a user, wherein the first sub-window is generated by the first window environment; and upon receiving the user's request, a second sub-window is displayed, wherein the second sub-window is a second window The second sub-window is displayed in a manner to avoid prompting the user that the second sub-window is generated by the second window environment. 1 4. If the program product of item 13 of the scope of patent application, wherein the step of displaying the second child window includes the following steps: before displaying the second child window, make the mother window overlap with the second mother window, wherein the The second mother window is generated by the second window environment. 15. If the program product of item 14 of the patent application scope further includes the step of displaying a third sub-window upon receiving the user's request, the third sub-window is generated by the second window environment . 1 6. If the program product in item 13 of the patent application scope further includes, O: \ 67 \ 67894-911114.ptc Page 24 Lake 71 Elephants' Now :: ί {乂 案 号 90109433 Amended by year [, month day_ Once the user's request is received, the third sub-window will be displayed In step, the third sub-window is generated by a third window environment. 1 7. —A system for displaying window accessory components from different window environments as a single window, the system comprising: a processing unit; a memory; and a program stored in the memory for execution by the processor, the The program is constructed to perform the following steps, displaying a mother window and a first child window in response to a request from a user, wherein the first child window is generated by the first window environment; and once the user is received Request, a second sub-window is displayed, wherein the second sub-window is generated by the second window environment, and the second sub-window is displayed in a way to avoid prompting the user that the second sub-window is created by The second window environment is generated. 1 8. The system according to item 17 of the scope of patent application, wherein the step of displaying the second sub-window includes the following steps: before displaying the second sub-window, overlapping the mother window with the second mother window, wherein the first The second mother window is generated by the second window environment. 19. If the system of claim 18 of the scope of patent application further includes the step of displaying a third sub-window upon receiving the user's request, the third sub-window is generated by the second window environment. 2 0. If the system of claim 17 in the scope of patent application further includes the step of displaying a third sub-window upon receiving the user's request, the third O: \ 67 \ 67894-911114.ptc page 25 mNif year a ^ iL .. Case No. 90109433 f / year month # Amendment 6. Scope of patent application The sub-window is generated by the third window environment. 2 1. —A program product, the program product includes: a signal bearing medium; and a program stored in the signal bearing medium, the program is constructed to perform the following steps: displaying a mother window, a first child window, and a selection Item in response to a request from a user, wherein the first sub-window is generated by the first window environment, and the selection item represents information that can be accessed via the second window environment. 2 2. If the program product in item 21 of the scope of patent application, further includes the following steps: display the information in response to the user selecting the selection item. O: \ 67 \ 67894-911114.ptc Schematic sub-window 154 (sub-function 157V sub-window 164) parent window 152 (generated from window border 150) sub-window <-sub-window 166 bottom 156 (child function 165) mother window 162 • (generated by window environment 160) child window last section 158 child window last section 168 child window last section 174 child window last section 176 mother window 172 (generated by window environment 170) Sub-window 178 (Sub-function 175) f O: \ 67 \ 67894-911114.ptc Page d Case No. 90109433 Year f, month ~ day correction pattern Figure 5 A O: \ 67 \ 67894-911114.ptc Η! Page