GraphOn patent.

[JOHN DEGOOD]

Lars Nilsson wrote:
> PS. To see the actual patent, just look at
> http://www.patents.ibm.com and search for GraphOn.

I suspect the press release instead refers to a patent issued 3 Nov 98
(filed 6 Jun 95) to Exodus Technologies: US5831609 "Method and system
for dynamic translation between different graphical user interface
systems".

Its abstract is:

"The present invention is directed towards a translation software that
provides remote access to an application program that is executing on a
host machine in its native operating system environment. The translation
software monitors messages that are relayed from the application program
to an application interface that is provided via the native operating
system. Upon recognizing a message that affects a graphical user
interface of the native operating system, the translation software
converts the message into a protocol that is recognized by a remote
graphical user interface. By monitoring and converting messages in this
fashion, the translation software allows the application program to be
displayed remotely."

John

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