Multimedia control center for controlling peripheral devices of a personal computer
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Nov 17, 1998
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Jun 7, 1996
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This invention relates to a multimedia control center for controlling peripheral devices of a personal computer. The personal computer system comprises a processor for performing multi-tasking applications, an application program executed in the processor, an input device for receiving user inputs for the application program, a peripheral device for performing a peripheral function, a device driver installed in the processor for controlling the peripheral device according to peripheral control signals, and a multimedia control program for receiving the peripheral control signals generated by a multimedia control center according to user inputs and passing the signals to the device driver to control the peripheral device. Such design allows a user to control the peripheral device by using the multimedia control center without suspending or terminating his current application program executed in the processor.
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