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A system for managing the interaction of programs is provided, comprising means for storing a set of predetermined characteristics respecting each program to be managed, each set of characteristics including an input signal type characteristic indicative of the identity of the type of inputs signals

A system for managing the interaction of programs is provided, comprising means for storing a set of predetermined characteristics respecting each program to be managed, each set of characteristics including an input signal type characteristic indicative of the identity of the type of inputs signals to which the program associated with the set of characteristics is responsive and a signal modification characteristic indicative of whether a type of input signal is to be modified by the associated program; means responsive to input signals having predetermined properties emitted from one of the programs for interrogating each set of predetermined characteristics in a predetermined sequence, determining whether the associated program is responsive to a current input signal, determining whether the properties of the current input signal are to be modified and, if so, modifying the properties of the input signal; and means for emitting an output signal to the programs determined to be responsive to the input signal.

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[ The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property of privilege is claimed are defined as follows:] [1.] A system for managing an interaction of a plurality of programs, comprising:means for storing a plurality of sets of characteristics, a set of characteristics for each program to b

[ The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property of privilege is claimed are defined as follows:] [1.] A system for managing an interaction of a plurality of programs, comprising:means for storing a plurality of sets of characteristics, a set of characteristics for each program to be managed, each set of characteristics including an input signal type characteristic and a signal modification characteristic, said input signal type characteristic indicative of input signal types to which a corresponding program is responsive, said signal modification characteristic indicative of input signal types that can be modified by said program;means, responsive to an input signal received from a first program of said plurality of programs, said input signal having a set properties, forinterrogating each set of characteristics in a predetermined sequence,determining whether each program corresponding to each set of characteristics is responsive to said input signal,determining whether said set of properties are to be modified by each program that is responsive to said input signal,modifying said set of properties responsive to said determining whether said set of properties are to be modified, andcommunicating one or more output signals, each output signal being each program determined to be responsive to said input signal, said output signal corresponding to said input signal; andmeans defining an event space, said event space having at least three dimensions and representing an operating environment of said plurality of programs, said event space having a root plane at a first end of said event space,and wherein, each set of characteristics includes a dimensions characteristic and a position characteristic, said dimensions characteristic indicative of a set of dimensions of a planar area within said event space, said position characteristic indicative of a position of said planar area within said event space and relative to at least a second planar area within said event space.