CA2309658A1 - Automatically switching a user's interface from a program to another program while the first is processing - Google Patents

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CA2309658A1
CA2309658A1 CA002309658A CA2309658A CA2309658A1 CA 2309658 A1 CA2309658 A1 CA 2309658A1 CA 002309658 A CA002309658 A CA 002309658A CA 2309658 A CA2309658 A CA 2309658A CA 2309658 A1 CA2309658 A1 CA 2309658A1
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Automatic switching between two executable programs (104 and 106) occurs between a first mode wherein a first executable program is visible and active (162), and a second mode wherein a second executable program is visible and active (174). Switching is triggered by detecting that the first executable program has initiated an information processing mode (170). The first mode is restored upon completion of information processing (186). In one particular embodiment of the present invention, the first executable program is a browser for requesting, receiving and displaying information obtained from remote information sources, the first mode is a browser mode, and the information processing mode is the request by the browser for information.
CA002309658A 1997-11-12 1998-11-10 Automatically switching a user's interface from a program to another program while the first is processing Expired - Fee Related CA2309658C (en)

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