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Method an apparatus for specification of communication parameters

US4942540A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 2, 1987
Grant dateJul 17, 1990
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Expiry dateMar 2, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/04817
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus by which a user can enter and edit communication configuration parameters. A screen display includes a depiction of a communication connection and a scrollable list of communication parameter sets. The depiction of the connection includes a local system icon, an icon identifying a particular remote system, and a visual indication of other communication parameters. The depiction is updated to represent the current values of the currently selected set of communication parameters. Prompts to aid in entering and changing these parameters are presented in the context of the display of a the connection and the display of the communication parameter set list.

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