COMPUTER PORGRAMS WITH GRAPHICAL

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GENERAL ALERT American Megatrends, Inc. 5555 Oakbrook Parkway, Building 200 Norcross GA 30093 computer porgrams with a graphical user interface which watches for error conditions on a computer system and initiates predetermined actions such as reporting events and/or failure via visual icon(s), audible alarm(s), email, and/or pager(s); and which may execute other programs and/or simple network management protocols; and which may make entries in a computer system log;
 

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Technical Examples
  1. A method and apparatus for providing force feedback to a user operating a human/computer interface device in conjunction with a graphical user interface (GUI) displayed by a host computer system. A physical object, such as a joystick or a mouse, controls a graphical object, such as a cursor, within the GUI. The GUI allows the user to interface with operating system functions implemented by the computer system. A signal is output from the host computer to the interface device to apply a force sensation to the physical object using one or more actuators. This desired force sensation is associated with at least one of the graphical objects and operating system functions of the graphical user interface and is determined by a location of the cursor in the GUI with respect to targets that are associated with the graphical objects. The graphical objects include icons, windows, pull-down menus and menu items, scroll bars ("sliders"), and buttons. The force sensation assists the user to select a desired operating system function or physically informs the user of the graphical objects encountered by the cursor within the GUI. A microprocessor local to the interface apparatus and separate from the host computer can be used to control forces on the physical object.